Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Hewlett. Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/167
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Hewlett. Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes... 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 17/30/167
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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): William Hewlett.
Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes 1827.
Crime: Sheep stealing the property of William Thatcher, Thomas Thatcher and Christopher Lodge.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Refused.
Petitioner(s): Reverend Richard Davis, Curate and 9 people of Puxton, Somerset; the three prosecutors, farmers.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner's character irreproachable; first offence; was known for his outstanding moral and religious conduct; let him live so that he can repent of his crime; not necessary to use the full rigour of law against him.
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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 34
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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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