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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 Elliott, alias Benjamin Ruddick (or Benjamin Ruddock). Prisoner...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/122
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Prisoner name: William Elliott, alias Benjamin Ruddick (or Benjamin Ruddock).
Prisoner age: 18.
Court and date of trial: Essex Winter Assizes, Chelmsford, November 1833.
Crime: Horse stealing, together with John Jones, alias Lionel Lambert.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character unknown.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Samuel Ruddock of Thetford, Norfolk, labourer, the prisoner's father, undersigned by 17 inhabitants of Thetford, including Thomas Breeze, chemist and druggist, the prisoner's former employer.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Respectable family; good character; led astray by others.
Additional Information: Prisoner ordered to Leviathan hulk.
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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