Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Harry James Shaw. Prisoner occupation: Retired Major of the 61st Regiment...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/15/85
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Harry James Shaw. Prisoner occupation: Retired Major of the 61st Regiment... dating from 1824 Mar - 1824 June in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/15/85
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824 Mar - 1824 June
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Harry James Shaw.
Prisoner occupation: Retired Major of the 61st Regiment of Foot.
Court and date of trial: Devon Quarter Sessions held at Exeter in 1824.
Crime: Writing letters to seek satisfaction from Edward Divett for an insult offered to him and his daughter.
Initial sentence: £20 fine and six months' imprisonment. Recognisance to keep the peace for two years in the sum of £200 or two sureties of £100 each.
Annotated (Outcome): Remission of imprisonment prepared June 1824.
Petitioner(s): Two petitions from prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Complains about the brutal treatment of his arrest; intends to apply to King's Bench for an abuse of magisterial authority.
Other papers: Report from Edward Lyon, Chairman of Bench Staplake House near Exeter. Letter from prisoner. Draft note signed H H. Copies of letters sent by prisoner. Letter signed R J [Lord Liverpool] from Fife House. Letter from W Courtney forwarding petition.
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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 35
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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