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Prisoner name: William Howe. Court and date of trial: City of Exeter [Devon] Quarter...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/2

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Howe. Court and date of trial: City of Exeter [Devon] Quarter... dating from 1822 July 20 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/117/2
Date
1822 July 20
Description

Prisoner name: William Howe.

Court and date of trial: City of Exeter [Devon] Quarter Sessions July 1822.

Crime: Stealing articles from his employer Thomas Pitts druggist.

Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil 26 July 1822.

Petitioner(s): Prisoner.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; asks to be sent to the Penitentiary.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xh 2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16698150/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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