Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Daniel Graham or Grayham. Prisoner occupation: Filer and fitter...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/165
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Daniel Graham or Grayham. Prisoner occupation: Filer and fitter... dating from 1827 Mar 31 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/165
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 Mar 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Daniel Graham or Grayham.
Prisoner occupation: Filer and fitter up of cotton machinery.
Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes 1827.
Crime: Highway robbery.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Day of execution 7 April 1827. 'Considered by Mr Peel 2 April.
Petitioner(s): Charlotte Graham of 34 Lombard Street Deansgate, Manchester, wife and 5 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Wife recently married and pregnant; convict never confined before; 'a sober and affectionate husband'; prisoner acted out of human weakness; led astray by others.
Other papers: J R Layton, Horse Guards, letter enclosing petition on behalf of Daniel Greaghan but annotated as Daniel Graham, a native of the Barony of Athlone and County of Roscommon, Ireland, under sentence of death for highway robbery in Lancaster Gaol. Character reference from John Varley, machine maker, employer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A stray record was added in 2019
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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 32
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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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