Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Joseph Ashcroft. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/102/81
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Ashcroft. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes... dating from 1826 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/102/81
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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: Joseph Ashcroft.
Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes 1826.
Crime: Sheep stealing.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to one years imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): 39 inhabitants of Warrington, Lancaster, and its neighbourhood.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Intoxicated, led astray by others, good character provide by previous master and mistress.
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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)
- Tl 2
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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