Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Cane (or Thomas Cain ). Prisoner age: 18 years. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/19
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Cane (or Thomas Cain ). Prisoner age: 18 years. Court and date... dating from 1829 - 1836 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/19
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Date (When the record was created)
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1829 - 1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Cane (or Thomas Cain).
Prisoner age: 18 years.
Court and date of trial: Stafford Summer Assizes, July 1828.
Crime: Robbery. Stealing 10/- from William Dunn, in Wolverhampton.
Initial sentence: Death recorded. Sentence commuted to 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Bad Character. Connected with [thieves]'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'In New South Wales'. 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner's father Joseph Cain, Bennetts Fold, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, forwarding a previously unsent petition dated 1829, undersigned by 36 supporters.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is from a respectable one parent family; this is prisoner's first offence; the prisoner is young and has been lead astray by bad acquaintances; the prisoner is penitent; the prosecutor is a bad character and in prison himself; the prosecutor had promised not to prosecute, having received a sum of money.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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Hw 19
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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