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Prisoner name: Robert Ashmore. Prisoner age: 21 years. Prisoner occupation: Moulder...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/84

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Robert Ashmore. Prisoner age: 21 years. Prisoner occupation: Moulder... dating from 1837 Mar 7 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/84

Date

1837 Mar 7

Description

Prisoner name: Robert Ashmore.

Prisoner age: 21 years.

Prisoner occupation: Moulder of cast metal goods.

Court and date of trial: Derby County Lent Assizes, March 1837.

Crime: Robbery, two shawls, a white apron and 9s 6d.

Initial sentence: [Death] sentence commuted to two years imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner's widowed mother Sarah Ashmore, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, undersigned by 47 supporters.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner was intoxicated at the time of the crime and is of previous good character; the prisoner supports his widowed mother; the prisoner is young and has been promised work if released.

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Hx 38

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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