Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Rhoda Dillaway and Ann Gillett (or Ann Gillet) alias Mary Pickering....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/33
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Rhoda Dillaway and Ann Gillett (or Ann Gillet) alias Mary Pickering.... dating from 1836 May 27 - 1841 Sept 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/33
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836 May 27 - 1841 Sept 3
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: alias Mary Pickering.
Prisoner age: Rhoda Dillaway, 36 years. Ann Gillett, 69 years.
Court and date of trial: Rhoda Dillaway: Hampshire Lent Assizes at Winchester, 27 February 1836. Ann Gillett: Winchester Quarter Sessions, 15 October 1838.
Crime: Rhoda Dillawa: Murder of infant child. Ann Gillett: Felony.
Initial sentence: Rhoda Dillaway: Insane. 'To be kept in custody'. Ann Gillett: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Rhoda Dillaway: 'Character good. At the time of the murder she was sent to a lunatic asylum and afterwards released, and then committed for trial for the murder. Appears at times of sound mind'.
Annotated (Outcome): Both prisoners: warrant of discharge 10 September 1841.
Petitioner(s): Rhoda Dillaway: R J W Wright, Chaplain of Winchester Gaol. Rhoda Dillaway and Ann Gillett: [Thomas Baring], Chairman of the Visiting Magistrates.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Rhoda Dillaway: The prisoner is married and of a respectable character; the prisoner fears her mental health will fail again if placed in an asylum rather than gaol; sane; prisoner behaved well in gaol; prisoner has weak health. Ann Gillett: Already served long imprisonment; prisoner behaved well in gaol; prisoner has weak health.
Other papers: For Dillaway: List of Criminal Lunatics in the Gaol at Winchester and a medical certificate from [Henry G Lyfont] Surgeon at the County Gaol. For Gillett: Medical certificate from [Henry G Lyfont], Surgeon, County Gaol. Character reference from R J W Wright for Dillaway and Gillett. Governors certificate from [William Barber], Winchester County Gaol, for Dillaway and Gillett.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Hw 33
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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