Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Samuel Spencer and Joseph Guest. Court and date of trial: Worcester...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/112/181
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- 1828 Feb 13
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Prisoner name: Samuel Spencer and Joseph Guest.
Court and date of trial: Worcester [Worcestershire] Quarter Sessions January 1828.
Crime: Stealing two anvils the property of John Stokes.
Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment with hard labour.
Annotated (Outcome): Remission prepared 16 February 1828.
Petitioner(s): Earl of Plymouth.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prosecutor mistaken about guilt of prisoners; contradictions in the evidence; prosecutor's character questionable as he was tried at Worcester Assizes but acquitted.
Other papers: Depositions by Benjamin Jennings and Aaron Priest concerning prosecutor's eyesight.
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- Wm 31
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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