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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name: William Thorpe (or William Thorp) and Thomas Pickering. Prisoner age:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/25
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Thorpe (or William Thorp) and Thomas Pickering. Prisoner age:... dating from 1829 Mar-1831 Mar in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/99/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Mar-1831 Mar
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Prisoner name: William Thorpe (or William Thorp) and Thomas Pickering.
Prisoner age: [Thorpe aged 19 in 1829].
Prisoner occupation: [Thorpe a miner].
Court and date of trial: Lancashire Sessions, Lancaster, March 1829.
Crime: Manslaughter of [Charles Dunkerly at Werneth, Oldham].
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation, commuted to imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): To be discharged.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner, William Thorpe.
The prisoner, Thomas Pickering.
Two petitions from James Pickering of Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire, the prisoner's father, both undersigned by 29 inhabitants of Lower Darwen and Blackburn testifying to the respectability of the petitioner and the good character of the prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good conduct in prison; intoxicated (Thorpe); respectable family, first offence.
Other papers: Certificate from John Higgins, keeper of Lancaster Castle, testifying to the prisoners' good conduct.
Additional Information: Prisoners held in Lancaster Castle gaol. See also HO17/31/98 Do 48 and HO17/103/116 To 16.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Sp 25
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16470642/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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