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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Varndall and John Reeves. Prisoner occupation: Agricultural...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/33
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Varndall and John Reeves. Prisoner occupation: Agricultural... dating from 1831 Apr-1831 July in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1831 Apr-1831 July
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Prisoner name: James Varndall and John Reeves.
Prisoner occupation: Agricultural labourers.
Court and date of trial: Hampshire Special Assizes, Winchester, December 1830.
Crime: Machine breaking.
Initial sentence: Varndall 18 months imprisonment, Reeves 12 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): 19 farmers and inhabitants of Winchester and district, including William Gosling, the prosecutor, the prisoners' former employers and Edwin Godden Jones the committing magistrate.
Robert Wright of Itchen Abbey, Winchester, chairman of visiting magistrates.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good characters; first offence; families dependent on their wages; led astray by others; would be re-employed if released; prosecutor recommends mercy; good conduct in prison.
Other papers: Letter from George Twynam of Westgate, Winchester, solicitor, forwarding petition.
Additional Information: Prisoners held in Winchester Bridewell. Benjamin Bown and Thomas Stagg also convicted at same sessions and sentenced to 18 months and 12 months imprisonment respectively.
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- Sp 33
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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