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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 Clace [Clase]. Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/159
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Clace [Clase]. Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent... dating from 1827 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/159
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 Apr
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): James Clace [Clase].
Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes 1827.
Crime: Horse stealing - G Holcombe, prosecutor.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Refused.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner undersigned by the prosecutor and William Knighton , brother in law; William Clace, brother.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Distressed state of wife, children and aged mother; brother does not think he is guilty; prosecutor recommends him to mercy by signing document.
Other papers: A note from William Knighton.
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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 26
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463096/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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