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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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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/93
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HO 17/117/93
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1825 Apr
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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: Presteigne [Radnorshire] gaol.
Names and details of prisoners:
Edward Jarman aged 35 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of horse stealing. Initial sentence: death commuted to transportation for life.
Thomas Sheen aged 20 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of horse stealing. Initial sentence: death commuted to transportation for life.
William Taylor aged 22 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of horse stealing. Initial sentence: death commuted to transportation for life.
William Sheen aged 25 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of sheep stealing. Initial sentence: death commuted to transportation for life.
John Davies aged 20 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of sheep stealing. Initial sentence: death commuted to transportation for life.
Peter Chandler aged 20 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of stealing in a dwelling house. Initial sentence: transportation for 7 years.
William Jones aged 20 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of being an accessory with William Taylor. Initial sentence: transportation for 7 years.
Ann Price aged 43 convicted at Radnorshire Great Spring Sessions 1825 of sheep stealing. Initial sentence: transportation for 7 years.
Gaoler's name: John Whittaker visiting magistrate for the gaol at Presteigne requests removal of all prisoners except Ann Price to the hulks.
Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): Ann Price- good behaviour.
Annotated (Recommendation Details): Ann Price - free pardon prepared March 1826.
Other papers: Two letters from James Barnes concerning Ann Price's conduct.
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Xk 42
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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