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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name(s): Edward Webster. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/144
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Edward Webster. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1827 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/144
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Edward Webster.
Prisoner age: 20.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions held on 12 January 1827.
Crime: Burglary of William Purdy [Purdey] of Grays Inn Lane, hackneyman.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 14 March 1827.
Petitioner(s): Two petitions from the prisoner; two petitions from the prosecutor William Purdy; two petitions from the Jury.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His youth; robbery committed in the evening not at dead of night; no violence or threats used; the jury wish to support the prosecutor's petition; convict was led astray; respectable family; acknowledges the offence; feels contrition; no previous crime.
Other papers: a letter from Dorset Fellowes enclosing a letter from Captain Burton supporting Webster's case.
A letter from Joseph Wallis Hoare to Mr Peel.
A letter from R H Noble to Mr Hobhouse offering help.
A letter from Viscount Sandon to Mr Peel dated 14 March 1827 stating that Mr Peel has the facts of the crime.
Additional Information: In Newgate.
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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)
- Dm 11
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463081/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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