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Prisoner name(s): Joseph Ambler of Shelf, Halifax, York. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/121

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Joseph Ambler of Shelf, Halifax, York. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1825 Sept 25 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/30/121
Date
1825 Sept 25
Description

Prisoner name(s): Joseph Ambler of Shelf, Halifax, York.

Court and date of trial: York Summer Assizes 1825.

Crime: Receiving stolen goods.

Initial sentence: 14 years' transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): 11 people of Shelf and area.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): An honest and industrious man and respectable tradesman; has a wife and 6 small children.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dl 38
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463058/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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