Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Hesseltine of Nunmonckton West Riding of Yorkshire. Prisoner...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/93/89
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Jan
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Prisoner name: John Hesseltine of Nunmonckton West Riding of Yorkshire.
Prisoner occupation: Labourer.
Court and date of trial: West Riding [Yorkshire] Quarter Sessions held at Knaresborough on 16 October 1828.
Crime: Assault with intent to rape Hannah Cook.
Initial sentence: 6 months' imprisonment in House of Correction at Wakefield with hard labour.
Annotated (Outcome): Remission prepared 19 January 1829. Letter to Sir W Ingilby 20 January 1829.
Petitioner(s): 29 signatories; 16 signatories.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prosecution evidence false; married man with no children; previous good conduct; non violent.
Other papers: Report from Dr Geldart, Chairman of Bench advising that case should have been dismissed; report from Thomas Rawson magistrate advising that he believed the prosecutrix had perjured herself; unsigned draft notes on the case; letter from J M Phillips requesting further information; letter from Messrs Powell and Sons; letter from Sir W Ingilby.
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- Rn 33
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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