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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: John McQuirk. Prisoner occupation: Journeyman weaver. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/99
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Prisoner name: John McQuirk.
Prisoner occupation: Journeyman weaver.
Court and date of trial: Lancashire Quarter Sessions, Salford, February 1833.
Crime: Rioting at elections for Borough of Bolton.
Initial sentence: Four months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Three inhabitants of York Street, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, on behalf of township of Great Bolton.
Five special constables acting at elections at Bolton.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; family thrown on parish relief; mistaken identity.
Other papers: Letter from J Norris of Manchester stating that application for mitigation of sentence should be made to the Home Secretary.
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- Sr 33
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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