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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/151

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This record is about the Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:... dating from 1833 Jun 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/27/151
Date
1833 Jun 1
Description

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: General Penitentiary.

Names and details of prisoners:

James Melton, convicted at Thetford Assizes [Norfolk] on 19 March 1830.

James Seddon, convicted at Salford Sessions [Lancashire] on 26 April 1830.

Gaoler's name: Lord Bexley (Chairman of the Superintending Committee)

Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): 'fit objects for clemency' [good conduct in gaol].

Annotated (Recommendation Details): 'Free pardon prepared 4 June' [1833].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cs 35
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15108090/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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