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Prisoner name: James Hughes, Thomas Hughes and James Oakey. Prisoner age: James Hughes...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/85

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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Hughes, Thomas Hughes and James Oakey. Prisoner age: James Hughes... 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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HO 17/99/85
Date
1833 Mar-1833 Apr
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Prisoner name: James Hughes, Thomas Hughes and James Oakey.

Prisoner age: James Hughes aged 16, Thomas Hughes aged 18, James Oakey aged 20.

Court and date of trial: Worcester Lent Assizes, March 1832.

Crime: Poaching on premises of Mrs Cookes in Astley, Worcestershire.

Initial sentence: 18 months imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): To be discharged. Remission prepared 26 April 1833.

Petitioner(s): The prisoners, undersigned by solicitor for the prosecutrix, three magistrates and gaoler.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; good character; good conduct in prison.

Other papers: Letter from Richard Godson MP forwarding petition.

Certificate from Maria Henrietta Cookes of Woodhampton, the prosecutrix, consenting to mitigation of sentence.

Additional Information: Prisoners held in Worcester County gaol.

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Former department reference
Sr 19
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Open Document, Open Description
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