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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: William Howes. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: Labourer. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/83
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832 May
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Prisoner name: William Howes.
Prisoner age: 17.
Prisoner occupation: Labourer.
Court and date of trial: Norfolk Lent Assizes, Norwich, March 1833.
Crime: House breaking in dwelling house of Mary Thompson of Gimingham, Norfolk, widow, and stealing £13 2s cash, a silver watch and a silver cream jug.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character tolerable.
Annotated (Outcome): Free pardon 23 March 1833.
Petitioner(s): Minister, churchwardens and 19 inhabitants of Gimingham, including Mary Thompson, the prosecutrix.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; first offence; good character; unemployed; prosecutrix recommends mercy; would be re-employed if released.
Other papers: Letter from J Wodehouse, Witton near North Walsham, forwarding petition.
Letter from John Gurney, Lincolns Inn Fields, recommending mitigation of sentence to imprisonment.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Gimingham. Ordered to Leviathan hulk.
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- Sr 17
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