Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Joseph Gough. Court and date of trial: Coventry Summer Assizes...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/126
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Joseph Gough. Court and date of trial: Coventry Summer Assizes... dating from 1820 - 1825 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/126
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1820 - 1825
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Joseph Gough.
Court and date of trial: Coventry Summer Assizes 1820.
Crime: Robbing his employers.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Transferred to the penitentiary which reduced his sentence to 10 years confinement and subsequently to the hulks with a further reduction of two years - time expires September 1828.' Free pardon prepared October 1825.
Petitioner(s): John Penney, candle maker, former employer and prosecutor and 6 inhabitants of Coventry;
P Moore of Coventry.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner has a very good character; would be reemployed; he would become a useful member of society; has been five years at Woolwich.
Other papers: A note asking for Mr Penney's character to be looked into.
Character reference from Josiah Carter for Mr Penny.
Additional Information: Convict now at Woolwich dockyard.
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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 43
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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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