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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: Nicholas Henigan. Prisoner age: 61. Prisoner occupation: Servant...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/181
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Nicholas Henigan. Prisoner age: 61. Prisoner occupation: Servant... dating from 1828 Feb 15 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/117/181
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Feb 15
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Prisoner name: Nicholas Henigan.
Prisoner age: 61.
Prisoner occupation: Servant at the Shakespeare Printing Company.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1828.
Crime: Shooting at Robert Taylor with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 5 March 1828.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 38 signatories; Robert Taylor and 12 members of jury who heard the case; anonymous petition; 37 members of the United Britons Friendly Society.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Employed for more than 30 years with same company; honest and industrious; believed that the victim had inferred he was in an incestuous relationship with his sister; wounded in the head on military service 30 years earlier; victim only slightly injured; moment of aberration.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Xm 30
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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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