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Prisoner name: Charles Turner and James Twibell (or James Twybell or James Twiby)....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/30

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles Turner and James Twibell (or James Twybell or James Twiby).... dating from 1831 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/30
Date
1831 Apr
Description

Prisoner name: Charles Turner and James Twibell (or James Twybell or James Twiby).

Prisoner age: 20 (both).

Prisoner occupation: Turner a penknife grinder, Twibell a builder's labourer.

Court and date of trial: York Lent Assizes, March 1831.

Crime: Robbery.

Initial sentence: Death.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Day of execution 23 April.

Petitioner(s): 46 inhabitants of Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Jonathan Habbershon, the prosecutor, undersigned by 20 people testifying to the prisoners' good characters, Henry Jackson, the prisoner Turner's employer, and William Hobson, mason and builder, the prisoner Twibell's employer.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; first offence; good character; prosecutor recommends mercy.

Other papers: Letters from William Turner of Sheffield, the prisoner's brother, and James Shepherd, keeper of York Castle, forwarding petition.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sp 30
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16470647/

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