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Prisoner name: Joseph Wilkes (or Joseph Wilks). Prisoner age: 17. Court and date...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/46

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Wilkes (or Joseph Wilks). Prisoner age: 17. Court and date... dating from 1831 Apr-1831 Sept in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/46
Date
1831 Apr-1831 Sept
Description

Prisoner name: Joseph Wilkes (or Joseph Wilks).

Prisoner age: 17.

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

Crime: Burglary in shop of Henry Marley of Ann Street, Gloucester on 18 November 1830.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life, commuted to 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character etc bad.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Francis Nixon of Bristol, solicitor.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Mistaken identity.

Other papers: Five letters from Francis Nixon requesting to know outcome of petition and forwarding affidavit.

Affidavit of Letitia Watkins of Gloucester Lane, St Philip and St Jacob, Gloucester, as to whereabouts of the prisoner at the time of the burglary.

Additional Information: Prisoner held on board hulk at Woolwich.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sp 46
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16470663/

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