Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William James. Prisoner age: 16 or 18. Court and date of trial: Nottingham...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/112/158
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William James. Prisoner age: 16 or 18. Court and date of trial: Nottingham... dating from [1828] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/112/158
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1828]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William James.
Prisoner age: 16 or 18.
Court and date of trial: Nottingham [Nottinghamshire] Town Sessions January 1828.
Crime: Stealing a cheese.
Initial sentence: 7 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character from gaol very bad. Twice before convicted and 3 times in prison.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil February 7 1828.
Petitioner(s): William James prisoner's father and 7 signatories.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Seduced by base characters; prisoner's father a widower; only son; asks to be sent to the Penitentiary.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Wm 8
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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