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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/112/200
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- HO 17/112/200
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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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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: Retribution.
Names and details of prisoners:
James Fisher, convicted of sheep stealing at Derby on 21 March 1821. Initial sentence: transportation for life.
William Preston, convicted of highway robbery at Shrewsbury [Shropshire] on 21 March 1821. Initial sentence: transportation for life.
Matthew Bailey, convicted of burglary at Leicester on 25 March 1822. Initial sentence: transportation for life.
John Howell, convicted of stealing in a dwelling house at Kingston on 30 December 1822. Initial sentence: transportation for life.
William Richardson, convicted of uttering forged notes at Dumfries on 9 April 1823. Initial sentence: transportation for life.
Robert Darling, convicted of receiving stolen notes at Maidstone [Kent] on 17 March 1823. Initial sentence: transportation for 14 years.
Gaoler's name: John Capper.
Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): Industry and good conduct.
Annotated (Recommendation Details): Transportation for Fisher, Preston, Bailey Howell and Richardson mitigated to 14 years; Darling to 7 years. Approved SMP [Samuel March Phillips].
Other papers: Letter offering employment from Jollife and Banks of Beaufort Wharf Strand [London].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Wm 50
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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