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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): Thomas Fletcher. Prisoner occupation: Foreman and Master Mast...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/123
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- HO 17/30/123
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 - 1825
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Fletcher.
Prisoner occupation: Foreman and Master Mast Maker, Carpenter.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December Sessions 1821.
Crime: Larceny - stealing a quantity of timber from the River Thames.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Free pardon prepared October 1825.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner and Paul Chapman.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner is 'a respectable character for industry and integrity'; has a wife and family; good conduct in gaol and has worked as a carpenter; he has diseased and afflicted legs; he has served nearly four years of his sentence.
Other papers: A letter from the convict to Admiral Sir Robert Morson [Moorson] asking him to write to the Home Secretary.
Robert Moorson forwarding the letter but pleading ignorance of the case.
A certificate signed by Jonathan Wontner, Keeper of Newgate Gaol certifying Fletcher's good behaviour in gaol.
Additional Information: In Newgate 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 40
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- Public Record(s)
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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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