Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Walker. Court and date of trial: Bristol City and County Sessions,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/34
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- 1831 Apr
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Prisoner name: William Walker.
Court and date of trial: Bristol City and County Sessions, April 1831.
Crime: Burglary of watches, plate, jewellery and articles of gold and silver, value £2,300, in premises of John Abrahams, pawnbroker and silversmith.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): The law to take its course. Day of execution 29 April.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by 62 inhabitants of Bristol.
Thomas Roberts of 13 James's Place, Kingsdown, dissenting minister.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Sentence severe for crime; no violence took place.
Other papers: Letter forwarding petition from Thomas Roberts to Sir Charles Wetherell, trial judge. Letter from Thomas Roberts to Lord Brougham stating case for mitigation.
Report on case from Sir Charles Wetherall, Recorder.
Letter from Henry Day forwarding petition from the prisoner.
Additional Information: Prisoner from London. Held in Bristol gaol.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Sp 34
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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