Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Hemms (or Thomas Emms ). Court and date of trial: Gloucester...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/32
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Hemms (or Thomas Emms ). Court and date of trial: Gloucester... dating from 1836 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/61/32
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836 Apr
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Prisoner name: Thomas Hemms (or Thomas Emms).
Court and date of trial: Gloucester Lent Assizes, March 1836.
Crime: Assaulting Joseph Perry, a policeman, in Cheltenham in September 1835.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to imprisonment for one year.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Richard Emms of Camden, Gloucestershire, the prisoner's father, undersigned by 174 inhabitants of Cheltenham and Campden, including one juryman and Joseph Perry, former policeman and prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The death sentence is 'severe and dreadful '; the prosecutor petitions for mercy.
Other papers: Covering letter for petition from W Codrington, MP, 15 Park Lane.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- KW32
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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