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Prisoner name: William Callis Corrie. Court and date of trial: Northampton Town Sessions...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/2

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Callis Corrie. Court and date of trial: Northampton Town Sessions... dating from 1836 Apr 19 - 1836 May 2 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/2

Date

1836 Apr 19 - 1836 May 2

Description

Prisoner name: William Callis Corrie.

Court and date of trial: Northampton Town Sessions [Northamptonshire], 14 July 1835.

Crime: Embezzlement. £3 11s 0d, from his employer Richard End.

Initial sentence: 18 months imprisonment and hard labour.

Annotated (Outcome): Remission prepared 21 May 1836.

Petitioner(s): Four magistrates and Nathaniel Richard Clarke, Deputy Recorder.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has conducted himself well during imprisonment; the prisoner is unwell and will worsen if confined any longer; much of the sentence has now been served; the prisoner is from a respectable family.

Other papers: Home Office note. Letter from [George Cooke] to R V Smith MP.

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Hw 2

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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