Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Stubbs. Prisoner age: 27 years. Prisoner occupation: Farm...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/142
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Stubbs. Prisoner age: 27 years. Prisoner occupation: Farm... dating from 1833 Jun 19 - 1833 July 22 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/27/142
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Jun 19 - 1833 July 22
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Stubbs.
Prisoner age: 27 years.
Prisoner occupation: Farm labourer, of Congleton [Cheshire].
Court and date of trial: Chester Lent Assizes, March 1833.
Crime: Poaching (in the night-time), with others, on the estate of J B Clegg at Cuddy Green Fields [Congleton] on 14 December 1832.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc not known'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'On board Justitia' [convict hulk]; 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): Elizabeth Stubbs (wife), undersigned by eight inhabitants of Congleton including two former occasional employers and supported by a statement from William Booth detailing the facts of the case as known to the convict; William Booth on behalf of Elizabeth Stubbs.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Innocent of the crime; convicted on perjured evidence.
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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)
- Cs 26
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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