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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: Thomas Howard.William Hughes and William Hodge. Court and date of...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/112/154
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Prisoner name: Thomas Howard.William Hughes and William Hodge.
Court and date of trial: Chester [Cheshire] Quarter Sessions April 1821.Unstated.
Crime: Receiving stolen goodsNonattendance at militia training.
Initial Sentence:14 years transportation.6 months' imprisonment.
Gaoler's Report:
Annotated - outcome:Free pardon prepared February 1828.
Granted Jan 29 1828. Remission prepared February 1828.
Petitioner name relation to convict:Trafford Trafford Chairman of the Quarter Sessions.William Hughes' mother [ unnamed]; two petitions from Lord Rolle; William Price Commander Royal Navy.
Petition Details Grounds for clemency:Served more than half his sentence; good conduct.Returned from East Indies on board Tamar; deserted about 4 years ago when both were starving; gave themselves in to the authorities; penitent.
Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:
Names and details of prisoners:
Name of gaoler:
Recommendation Details Grounds for clemency:
Annotated:
Other Papers Included:The petition also mentions the prisoner Samuel Boothby convicted at Chester Spring Assizes 1826 of maliciously shooting at Thomas Hancock.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.6 months' imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Free pardon prepared February 1828.
Granted Jan 29 1828. Remission prepared February 1828.
Petitioner(s): Trafford Trafford Chairman of the Quarter Sessions.William Hughes' mother [ unnamed]; two petitions from Lord Rolle; William Price Commander Royal Navy.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Served more than half his sentence; good conduct.Returned from East Indies on board Tamar; deserted about 4 years ago when both were starving; gave themselves in to the authorities; penitent.
Other papers: The petition also mentions the prisoner Samuel Boothby convicted at Chester Spring Assizes 1826 of maliciously shooting at Thomas Hancock. Initial sentence: death commuted to 2 years imprisonment. Grounds for clemency: served more than half his sentence with good conduct; family dependants.
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