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Prisoner name: Thomas Finnamore. Prisoner age: 18. Prisoner occupation: Parish apprentice...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/123

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Finnamore. Prisoner age: 18. Prisoner occupation: Parish apprentice... dating from 1834 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/123
Date
1834 Jan
Description

Prisoner name: Thomas Finnamore.

Prisoner age: 18.

Prisoner occupation: Parish apprentice to yeoman.

Court and date of trial: Devon Quarter Sessions, Exeter, December 1833.

Crime: Stealing a maund [weight] and six fowls, the property of Robert Spark, at Alphington, Devon, together with John Martin.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character etc not known.

Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to Penitentiary 27 January 1834.

Petitioner(s): 15 inhabitants of Alphington and Exeter.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; led astray by others; respectable family.

Other papers: Letter from W M Benison of Exeter, solicitor, forwarding petition.

Additional Information: Prisoner ordered to Captivity hulk.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ss 4
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Open Document, Open Description
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