Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we’re still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Prisoner name: Michael Conliffe. Prisoner age: 18. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/93/81

What’s it about?

This record is about the Prisoner name: Michael Conliffe. Prisoner age: 18. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice... dating from 1829 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
HO 17/93/81
Date
1829 Jan
Description

Prisoner name: Michael Conliffe.

Prisoner age: 18.

Prisoner occupation: Apprentice sailmaker.

Court and date of trial: Liverpool Quarter Sessions October 1828.

Crime: Stealing 50 yards of canvas.

Initial sentence: Nine months' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Kirkdale [Lancashire].

Annotated (Outcome): Nil January 1829.

Petitioner(s): Patrick and Mary Conliffe prisoner's parents and 10 signatories.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence; respectable connections.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Rn 25
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16315028/

Series information

HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

1,721,818 records

Within the department: HO

Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related...

19,921 records

Within the series: HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

157 records

Within the piece: HO 17/93

Petitions referenced Rm, Rn and Ro. (Described at item level)

You are currently looking at the item: HO 17/93/81

Prisoner name: Michael Conliffe. Prisoner age: 18. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.