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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/112/199

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HO 17/112/199
Date
1828
Description

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: Penitentiary.

Names and details of prisoners:

John Bennett, convicted at Worcester [Worcestershire] on 12 January 1825.

Joseph Bennett, convicted at Worcester [ Worcestershire] on 12 January 1825.

John Steers, convicted at Old Bailey on 13 January 1825.

Henry Clarke, convicted at Old Bailey on 22 June 1826.

Gaoler's name: [Lord ]Skelmersdale.

Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): Good behaviour and friends to receive them. Clarke medical grounds.

Annotated (Recommendation Details): Free pardon prepared 12 February 1828.

Other papers: Medical report by Anthony White surgeon.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Wm 49
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16529119/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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