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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: Eliza Wright. Prisoner age: 38. Prisoner occupation: Housekeeper....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/85
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Eliza Wright. Prisoner age: 38. Prisoner occupation: Housekeeper.... dating from 1838 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/101/85
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Eliza Wright.
Prisoner age: 38.
Prisoner occupation: Housekeeper.
Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court held in May 1838.
Crime: Forgery - writing out receipt for £2 9 shillings 11d.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character not known.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner; petition signed by 35 most respectable persons.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Death of husband in 1834; lost her purse containing £5; first offence; respectable character; Learned Recorder that he should not oppose application for a commutation of the sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary; respectable connections; prosecutor recommends mercy.
Other papers: Letter, 24 May 1838, from I Bayley, Clergyman, asking for royal mercy on behalf of prisoner.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Sy 34
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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