Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Alfred Hills. Prisoner age: 18. Court and date of trial: Essex...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/170
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Alfred Hills. Prisoner age: 18. Court and date of trial: Essex... dating from 1827 June 27 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/170
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 June 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Alfred Hills.
Prisoner age: 18.
Court and date of trial: Essex Lent Assizes held at Chelmsford 1827.
Crime: Assault with intent to rob (assault of John Abrey, constable, Henry Hetherell [Hatherell] and John Bannister prosecutors.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character in gaol indifferent'.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Two petitions from Sarah Hills, mother of Epping Essex;
Prisoner and 10 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Mother a widow and bringing up five children on her own; prisoner her only son; first offence; was intoxicated; no violence intended; regrets his actions.
Additional Information: Convicted with Harry Haswell; now on board Leviathan.
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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 37
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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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