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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Joseph Edgley (or Joseph Edgeley ). Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/140
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HO 17/52/140
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838 Feb
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Joseph Edgley (or Joseph Edgeley).
Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker.
Court and date of trial: [Newmarket, Suffolk] 14 November 1837.
Crime: Trespass and offence under Game Laws.
Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment in Suffolk County Gaol or £20 0s 0d penalty for default of a certificate and £2 0s 0d for a trespass.
Annotated (Outcome): 'No reason to interfere further'.
Petitioner(s): [J Wood].
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): This case is 'of great hardship'; trial took place at the magistrate's house not at the regular imminent Petty Sessions; prisoner's wife offered half of the penalty and they had assets at their house, but the prisoner was sent to jail.
Other papers: Case Report from [J Y] Benyon, Magistrate, Denston Park, Newmarket, Suffolk. Letter against mercy on the basis that the prisoner is of very bad character, reputed to lead a gang of poachers and thieves; local inhabitants are pleased the prisoner has been punished; prisoner's wife did not offer any part of the penalty.
Additional Information: The prisoner [lived] in Wickhambrook, Suffolk.
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Hy 45
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Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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