Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Rook. Prisoner age: 19 years. Court and date of trial: Kent...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/50
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Rook. Prisoner age: 19 years. Court and date of trial: Kent... dating from 1837 Jan 20 - 1837 Feb 15 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/50
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837 Jan 20 - 1837 Feb 15
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Rook.
Prisoner age: 19 years.
Court and date of trial: Kent Quarter Sessions, Canterbury, January 1837.
Crime: Housebreaking.
Initial sentence: Transportation for Life.
Gaoler's report: 'Honest, Sober, and Industrious'.
Annotated (Outcome): Sentence reduced to 14 years. Ordered to Penitentiary 4 March 1837.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner undersigned by 55 supporters including the prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is from a respectable family but was lead astray; this is the prisoner's first offence and he is contrite.
Other papers: Letter from [H M G Shepherd, Magistrate of the Sessions] forwarding the petition to William Deedes, Chairman East Kent Sessions. Letter from Deedes forwarding petition and letter.
Additional Information: Prisoner sent to Fortitude convict hulk.
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Hx 4
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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