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Prisoner name: Michael Hope. Prisoner age: 27. Prisoner occupation: Out workman for...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/38
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Michael Hope. Prisoner age: 27. Prisoner occupation: Out workman for... dating from 1836 May 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/61/38
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836 May 3
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Michael Hope.
Prisoner age: 27.
Prisoner occupation: Out workman for coach harness maker.
Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes [Warwickshire] March 1836.
Crime: Burglary.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character not known.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Michael Hope, the prisoner, undersigned by Thomas Simpson of Birmingham, coach harness maker, his former employer, Henry Kenway, the prosecutor, and 19 churchmen, merchants and manufacturers of Birmingham, testifying to his former good character.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is of former good conduct and character; his employer will give him work.
Additional Information: Prisoner held in Warwick gaol then on board Fortitude hulk.
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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)
- KW38
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Labour
- Trade and commerce
- Pardons
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14606994/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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