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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): Richard Fisher ; Richard Bonner. Prisoner age: Fisher aged 11....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/154
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Richard Fisher ; Richard Bonner. Prisoner age: Fisher aged 11.... dating from 1826 - 1829 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 17/30/154
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826 - 1829
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Richard Fisher; Richard Bonner.
Prisoner age: Fisher aged 11.
Court and date of trial: Fisher: Chelmsford Assizes December 1826; Bonner: Lewes Winter Assizes 1826.
Crime: Fisher: stealing in a dwelling house a watch value £4 from Robert Hale Manley, Surgeon; Bonner: horse stealing.
Initial sentence: Fisher: death commuted to 14 years transportation; Bonner: death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Bonner to be transported; free pardon prepared for Fisher 1 December 1829.
Petitioner(s): Fisher: Robert and Ann Fisher of Barking Essex, parents and 67 people; the prosecutor R H Manley and 42 people -Ministers and inhabitants of Barking, Essex; Bonner: Richard and Mary Bonner of Brighton, parents.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Fisher: poor but honest parents; parents have 8 other children; no previous crime; good character; has been in custody three years; conduct good during this time; Bonner: father served in the 35th Regiment of Foot for 21 years; wife from a respectable family; Richard only child left of many.
Other papers: A letter from Mr Justice Bayley forwarding the petitions with his opinions on the cases.
A letter from O Lodge, Curate, stating that Fisher is to be apprenticed to a fisherman in Barking.
John Harris' father is willing to take Fisher as an apprentice.
Letter from Oliver Lodge enclosing the above.
A letter from William Tate to the Dean of Brighton dated 17 April 1827 stating Bonner's conduct has been good.
Lord Conyngham to Mr Capper supporting Bonner's case.
Additional Information: Fisher on board the Euryalus.
Bonner on the York hulk.
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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 21
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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/C14463091/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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Prisoner name(s): Richard Fisher ; Richard Bonner. Prisoner age: Fisher aged 11....
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