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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Henly. Prisoner occupation: Clerk. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/108
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- HO 17/30/108
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825 Aug 29 - 1826 Apr 15
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Henly.
Prisoner occupation: Clerk.
Court and date of trial: Surrey Winter Assizes held at Kingston December 1824.
Crime: Obtaining money under false pretences - £1 3s 6d from Mr Thomas Sutton of Mitcham Surrey in October 1824.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Henry Gardner, auctioneer of Rotherhithe, employer; 32 people mostly of Shoreham Sussex; two petitions from the convict.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Convict very respectable, honest sober and steady; was unemployed and driven by distress; he would be reemployed; the conviction was just but he intended to return the money; no intention to defraud; he had no Counsel or character witness to support him in court; first offence; the prosecutor supports the petition.
Other papers: A note from the prosecutor recommending the petition.
32 character references from the people of New Shoreham.
A letter from Henly enclosing various petitions.
A letter from Sir Charles Burrell to Mr Peel supporting the petition.
Additional Information: In Horsemonger Lane Gaol.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Dl 25
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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