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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: Jesse Piper. Prisoner age: 26. Prisoner occupation: Drover. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/140
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Jesse Piper. Prisoner age: 26. Prisoner occupation: Drover. Court... dating from 1833 Dec-1834 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/99/140
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Dec-1834 Jan
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Prisoner name: Jesse Piper.
Prisoner age: 26.
Prisoner occupation: Drover.
Court and date of trial: Kent Winter Assizes, Maidstone, December 1833.
Crime: Stealing sheep, the property of John Noakes.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character represented to be good. Respectable connections.
Annotated (Outcome): Sentence commuted to seven years transportation and ordered to Penitentiary, 27 January 1834.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner.
60 inhabitants of Salehurst and Hawkhurst.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; prosecutor recommends mercy.
Other papers: Affidavit of Thomas Munns of Robertsbridge, Salehurst, cattle salesman, the prisoner's employer, testifying to the prisoner's honest service of 12 years.
Letter from S Gazelee of Montague Place, trial judge, stating that 'transportation for seven years will answer the justice of the case'.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Robertsbridge, Salehurst. Held in Maidstone gaol.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ss 21
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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