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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): James Wingfield. Prisoner age: 25. Prisoner occupation: Labourer....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/148
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Wingfield. Prisoner age: 25. Prisoner occupation: Labourer.... dating from 1826 - 1827 Mar 16 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/30/148
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826 - 1827 Mar 16
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): James Wingfield.
Prisoner age: 25.
Prisoner occupation: Labourer.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December Sessions 1826.
Crime: Rape of Sarah Weatherley of Greenhill, Harrow age 12 on 18 October 1826.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 14 March 1827; 'the law to take its course.' R P.
Petitioner(s): 32 inhabitants of Harrow.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Convict considered inoffensive and harmless; no unnecessary violence used.
Other papers: Letter to Peel from C Grant supporting Wingfield's case.
A letter from J W Cunningham, Vicar of Harrow asking for convict to be spared as victim acquiesced.
A letter from Richard Cane.
A letter from Arthur Campbell asking for mitigation to transportation.
A letter from Judge Hullock who tried the case he had no doubts.
A transcript of the trial.
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)
- Dm 14
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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/C14463085/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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