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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: Henry Tissett (or Henry Tissott). Prisoner age: 13. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/60
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Tissett (or Henry Tissott). Prisoner age: 13. Court and date... dating from 1832 Jan-1832 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/99/60
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832 Jan-1832 Apr
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Henry Tissett (or Henry Tissott).
Prisoner age: 13.
Court and date of trial: Stafford Lent Assizes, March 1832.
Crime: Cattle stealing, namely a cow belonging to Henry Crutchley of Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, together with Elizabeth Banks.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Joseph Tissott of Wolverhampton, the prisoner's father, undersigned by Henry Crutchley, the prosecutor, and 13 inhabitants of Wolverhampton, testifying to the petitioner's good character.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; led astray by others; first offence.
Other papers: Letter from the petitioner forwarding the petition and referring to a second petition signed by the prosecutor and others [missing].
Extract from register of Catholic Chapel of Wolverhampton recording birth and baptism of Henry, son of Joseph and Hannah Tissom [sic], in March 1819.
Letter from the prisoner in Stafford gaol before the trial to his father, placing blame on Elizabeth Banks.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Sq 10
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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