Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Lewin Watkins. Prisoner occupation: Coach plater. Court and...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/93/108
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- HO 17/93/108
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Mar
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Prisoner name: William Lewin Watkins.
Prisoner occupation: Coach plater.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey February Sessions 1830.
Crime: Uttering a forged bill of exchange for £53 9s 6d to Mr Miles of the Volunteer public house, Upper Baker Street, Regents Park [London] purporting to be the acceptance of Messrs Long and Son of 36 St Martin's Lane Charing Cross.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 7 April 1830.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 44 signatories.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Family dependants; previous good character; business failures caused great distress.
Other papers: Certificate of character by Barker & Co Coach makers of Chandos Street Covent Garden [London]; letter from John Inville Vestry Clerk of parish of Stoke Newington Surrey 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)
- Ro 2
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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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