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Prisoner name: William Spriggs, aged 21 years. Court and Date of Trial: [Market...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/251/20

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HO 18/251/20
Date
1848
Description

Prisoner name: William Spriggs, aged 21 years.

Court and Date of Trial: [Market Harborough or Little Bowden Petty Sessions, Leicestershire], August 1848.

Crime: Offence against the Game Laws and assault.

Initial sentence: Two months imprisonment (plus one month's imprisonment for the assault). Held in Northampton House of Correction (Northamptonshire).

Outcome: 'Nil'.

Petitions and letters: Petition from 20 inhabitants of Little Bowden or Market Harborough (known to the prisoner), undersigned by the three convicting magistrates; petitional letter from J Hinman pursuing a response from the Home Office; grounds for clemency cited as that he has planned to emigrate with his family to Port Adelaide, Australia; the convicting magistrates do not object to his release for this purpose.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
251/20
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19755892/

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