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Prisoner name: John Woolley. Prisoner age: 46 years. Prisoner occupation: Labourer....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/161

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Woolley. Prisoner age: 46 years. Prisoner occupation: Labourer.... dating from 1838 Feb 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/161

Date

1838 Feb 12

Description

Prisoner name: John Woolley.

Prisoner age: 46 years.

Prisoner occupation: Labourer.

Court and date of trial: Derby Quarter Sessions, January 1838.

Crime: Sheep stealing. One quarter of mutton from Benjamin Edge of Normanton, Derbyshire.

Initial sentence: 10 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character very bad. Convicted before'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner undersigned by 12 supporters including the prosecutor.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prosecutor supports mitigation of sentence; the prisoner has a wife and six children in distress.

Other papers: Letter from Mary Woolley, Castle Street, Derby.

Additional Information: Prisoner sent to Justitia convict hulk. Prisoner was from Trusley, Derbyshire.

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Former department reference

Hy 66

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