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Prisoner name: William Hicks. Prisoner age: 23 years. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/169

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Hicks. Prisoner age: 23 years. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1838 Dec 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/169

Date

1838 Dec 18

Description

Prisoner name: William Hicks.

Prisoner age: 23 years.

Court and date of trial: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions, Marlborough, October 1838.

Crime: Sheep stealing.

Initial sentence: 15 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character not known'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): 17 local supporters including the Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire, forwarded in a letter from James Cutler, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): This is the prisoner's first offence; the prisoner is from a respectable family and knowing he has disgraced them he does not want to remain in England but hopes for a shorter sentence.

Additional Information: Prisoner sent to Leviathan convict hulk.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hz 7

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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