Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Warr. Prisoner occupation: Tailor, of Sherrington (Sherington),...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/144
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Warr. Prisoner occupation: Tailor, of Sherrington (Sherington),... dating from 1833 Jun 5 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/27/144
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Jun 5
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Prisoner name: William Warr.
Prisoner occupation: Tailor, of Sherrington (Sherington), Buckinghamshire.
Court and date of trial: Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions, Aylesbury, October 1832.
Crime: Disturbing the congregation at a parish church, namely Sherington Parish church in [October 1832].
Initial sentence: Fined £20 [and to be imprisoned in default of payment].
Gaoler's report: (appended to the end of the petition by James Sherriff, (governor)) '...has conducted himself with propriety during his imprisonment'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'To be discharged'; 'Letter to the Treasury 12 June 1833'.
Petitioner(s): William Warr (the convict), undersigned by 25 inhabitants of Sherington including two church wardens.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He is very poor and cannot pay the fine; he has served eight months imprisonment; his penitence.
Additional Information: Held in Aylesbury Gaol.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cs 28
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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