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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Bartholomew Hough. Prisoner age: 42 or 44. Prisoner occupation: Stocking...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/33
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Bartholomew Hough. Prisoner age: 42 or 44. Prisoner occupation: Stocking... dating from 1836 Apr 19 - 1837 Dec 11 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1836 Apr 19 - 1837 Dec 11
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Prisoner name: Bartholomew Hough.
Prisoner age: 42 or 44.
Prisoner occupation: Stocking framework knitter.
Court and date of trial: Leicester Lent Assizes, 19 March 1836.
Crime: Stealing from a dwelling house a gun, property of William Palmer of Thorpe Acre, together with William Porter.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Received a good character on his trial. Married with five children.
Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to Penitentiary 7 May 1836. Sentence reduced to seven years.
Petitioner(s): E T M Phillipps, minister of Dishley and Thorpe Acre, and 78 inhabitants of Thorpe Acre and Knight Thorpe, Leicestershire, including William Palmer, the prosecutor. W Dewes of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has a wife and family dependant on him; although addicted to drink he is honest and a hard worker; he had no part in pawning the gun or in sharing the proceeds of the crime; the jury ignored the judge's direction to distinguish between the evidence against the prisoner and that of his drunken companion.
Other papers: Extracts from three letters from the Reverend E T M Phillipps, minister of Dishley and Thorpe Acre, in favour of commutation of sentence of the prisoner. Covering letter for second petition from Lord Hastings, Donington Park.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire. On board Justitia hulk; transferred to Millbank Penitentiary.
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- KW33
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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