Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Robert King. Prisoner age: 21. Prisoner occupation: Woodcutter and...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/144
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- HO 17/117/144
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Robert King.
Prisoner age: 21.
Prisoner occupation: Woodcutter and sawyer.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey September Sessions 1826.
Crime: Highway robbery on the person of Lewis Myerson.
Initial sentence: Death. Date of execution 29 November 1826.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 23 November 1826. Considered by Mr Peel 27 November 1826.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 39 inhabitants of London [and copy]; prisoner with depositions by John Larcher and George Fowler and Emma Fowler attached.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Out of work; did not commit the offence; has given intelligence regarding the culprits; aged and respectable parents; youth and inexperience.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Xl 43
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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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