Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Collins. Prisoner age: 44. Prisoner occupation: Sheep...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/65
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- HO 17/61/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837 Apr
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Collins.
Prisoner age: 44.
Prisoner occupation: Sheep and cattle drover.
Court and date of trial: Sussex Lent Assizes, March 1837.
Crime: Sheep stealing.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character good except as to sobriety.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): The Reverend M Smelt, rector of Slindon, Sussex, and 35 inhabitants of Slindon, including churchwardens, overseers, guardians and the prisoner's former employers.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is of previous good character and supports a wife and seven children.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Slindon, Sussex. Held on board Leviathan 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)
- KX6
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- Public Record(s)
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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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