Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Bill. Prisoner occupation: House painter. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/96
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Bill. Prisoner occupation: House painter. Court and date... dating from 1837 Dec 28 - 1838 Jan 9 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/96
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1837 Dec 28 - 1838 Jan 9
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Prisoner name: John Bill.
Prisoner occupation: House painter.
Court and date of trial: Leicester Borough Quarter Sessions [Leicestershire] March 1837.
Crime: Larceny (two indictments) and fraud (one indictment). Victim Messers Benjamin and James Cort, silversmiths.
Initial sentence: 18 months imprisonment, three in solitary confinement.
Gaoler's report: Behaviour good and exemplary. [George Moston], Gaoler.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): Ann Bill of Wharf Street, Leicester, the prisoner's wife, undersigned by 36 inhabitants of Leicester. The prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner has a wife and four children to support; prisoner's health has suffered from solitary confinement; prisoner is repentant; prisoner's work is seasonal and he can find more work.
Additional Information: Prisoner was held in Leicester Borough Gaol.
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Hy 1
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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