Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Guy. Prisoner occupation: Worked in a mercantile House...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/15/69
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Guy. Prisoner occupation: Worked in a mercantile House... dating from 1824 Feb - 1827 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/15/69
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824 Feb - 1827 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Guy.
Prisoner occupation: Worked in a mercantile House in London.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions 1823.
Crime: Bigamy.
Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): What means have the subscribers of knowing anything of the prisoner? Refused.
Petitioner(s): Five petitions from the prisoner, one with 20 signatures of inhabitants of Gosport [Hampshire] and one with 17 signatories.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Deserted by first wife; long period before he married second wife; second wife had no property; previous good character.
Other papers: Certificate of good character from Susannah Dean, widow of prisoner's employer. Letter from Martha Capon of Bath Place, Chapel Road, Great Yarmouth [Norfolk]. Letter from Mr Fleming forwarding petition and associated papers. Letter from Thomas King of South Street, Gosport [Hampshire].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Bk 19
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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