Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Simon Hargreaves. Prisoner age: 18 years at time of trial. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/164
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Simon Hargreaves. Prisoner age: 18 years at time of trial. Court... dating from 1838 Dec 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/164
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838 Dec 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Simon Hargreaves.
Prisoner age: 18 years at time of trial.
Court and date of trial: York Summer Assizes, York, August 1829.
Crime: Housebreaking.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'In prison before'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'In Van Diemens Land'. 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner's parents Thomas Hargreaves and Mary Hargreaves, Leeds, Yorkshire, forwarded with a covering letter from [Abraham Horsfall], Leeds.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's parents are aged and infirm; this is the prisoner's first offence; the prisoner is penitent and has behaved well since convicted.
Additional Information: The prisoner was stationed at Brown's River near Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Hz 2
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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