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Prisoner name: John Skelton alias John Doyle. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/9

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Skelton alias John Doyle. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of... dating from 1831 Mar-1831 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/9
Date
1831 Mar-1831 Apr
Description

Prisoner name: John Skelton alias John Doyle.

Prisoner age: 20.

Court and date of trial: Nottingham Town Lent Assizes, 1831.

Crime: Housebreaking.

Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): 39 inhabitants of Nottingham.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; unemployed; led astray by others; first offence.

Other papers: Letter from Lt General Sir R C Ferguson MP, 5 Rotten Row, forwarding petition.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sp 9
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16470626/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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