Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Burls. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Essex Lent...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/123/193
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Burls. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Essex Lent... dating from [1832] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/123/193
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1832]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Burls.
Prisoner age: 21.
Court and date of trial: Essex Lent Assizes held at Chelmsford March 1825.
Crime: Sheep stealing.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character bad. In prison before.
Petitioner(s): Susan Burls prisoner's mother and 4 signatories;
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Asks to remain in the country.
Other papers: Letter from 5 residents of Takeley [Essex] describing the prisoner as worthless and dangerous.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Yq 25
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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