Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Ellis. Court and date of trial: Flint [Flintshire] Lent Assizes...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/123/210
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Ellis. Court and date of trial: Flint [Flintshire] Lent Assizes... dating from 1832 Apr 17 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/123/210
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832 Apr 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Ellis.
Court and date of trial: Flint [Flintshire] Lent Assizes March 1832.
Crime: Maliciously shooting the game keeper of Sir Thomas Mostyn.
Initial sentence: Sentence commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Not known.
Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to the hulks. Nil.
Petitioner(s): 139 inhabitants of Holywell [Flintshire]; [Lord] Mostyn;
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Respectable connections; good character; aged father who wishes to see son.
Other papers: Affidavits by Griffith Williams, Hugh Roberts, William Buxton, John Hughes, Thomas Hughes (2); letter from prisoner advising that he is employed by Mr Hughes of Melbourne with certificate attached; letter confirming prisoner's good conduct whilst in the colonies; printed form from the general post office concerning a returned letter; extract of proof by prisoner.
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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)
- Yq 42
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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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