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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: Elisha Sinkler. Court and date of trial: York Lent Assizes, March...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/117
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- 1833 Mar
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Prisoner name: Elisha Sinkler.
Court and date of trial: York Lent Assizes, March 1833.
Crime: Accessory to wounding Thomas Dinsdale, sergeant of Ripon, with intent to murder, together with William Longthorne.
Initial sentence: Death. Day of execution 30 March.
Annotated (Outcome): Pardon prepared on condition of transportation for life, 29 March 1833.
Petitioner(s): Over 1000 inhabitants of Ripon, Pateley Bridge and vicinity, Yorkshire.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character.
Other papers: Letter from Thomas Fisher of Ripon accompanying petition.
Letter from Ralph Holgate of Pateley Bridge in favour of petition, with forwarding letter from Viscount Morpeth MP.
Letter from T R Stavely MP stating that circumstances 'be very carefully examined into and weighed'.
Judge's report on case from John Gurney with covering letter.
Letter from C J Newstead, Clerk of the Assizes in Yorkshire, reporting the respite of the death sentence on the prisoner and recording executions of Ebenezer Wright and Mary Hunter for arson and Thomas Law for robbery.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Pateley Bridge. Held in York Castle. Longthorne's sentence of death reprieved. John Sinclair, the prisoner's brother and fellow poacher, who committed the attack, at large.
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- Sr 51
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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