Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Howes; Thomas Paul; James and Richard Harvey; John Catchpole...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/173
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Howes; Thomas Paul; James and Richard Harvey; John Catchpole... dating from 1827 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 17/30/173
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Howes; Thomas Paul; James and Richard Harvey; John Catchpole and William Alley.
Court and date of trial: Norwich Assizes March 1827.
Crime: Being present at the time the son of the Honorable Mr Edwards, Lord Kensington's son was shot and wounded by poachers.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Petitioner(s): Lord Wodehouse.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner (Howes) had no gun or other arms on him at the time; Lord Kensington wishes prisoner to be spared; he has a wife and three children.
Other papers: Depositions of good character and employment from: John Muskett, George Browne; James Whipp, Francis Webster, William Finch, Thomas Puxley, Hart Goodbody, Thomas Cooper,Henry Harman, James Boardman, Henry Ramsden, Robert Blake and John Bunn.
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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 40
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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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