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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: William Handley. Prisoner age: 29. Prisoner occupation: Pit worker....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/78
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Handley. Prisoner age: 29. Prisoner occupation: Pit worker.... dating from 1833 Mar-1833 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1833 Mar-1833 Apr
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Prisoner name: William Handley.
Prisoner age: 29.
Prisoner occupation: Pit worker.
Court and date of trial: Shropshire Lent Assizes, Shrewsbury, March 1833.
Crime: Maliciously shooting one Bannock, a gamekeeper of Sir Edward Blount, whilst poaching, together with John Handley, his brother.
Initial sentence: Death.
Gaoler's report: Day of execution 6 April.
Annotated (Outcome): Law to take its course.
Petitioner(s): Sir Edward Blount of Sodington, near Worcester.
Two petitions from the Reverend Thomas Davies of Bayton Vicarage, Worcestershire, vicar of Bayton.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Mistaken identity; good character; first offence; family dependent on his wages; led astray by others; intoxicated.
Other papers: Letter from Henry Lygon MP, 16 Grosvenor Place, forwarding petitions.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Bayton. Held in Shrewsbury gaol. The prisoner's brother was acquitted.
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- Sr 12
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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