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Papers HO 18/225/24.
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/45
Date: [1848-1849]
Papers HO 18/225/24.
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Prisoner name: David Lightowlers. Court and Date of Trial: York winter assizes,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/47
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- HO 18/236/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: David Lightowlers.
Court and Date of Trial: York winter assizes, December 1848.
Crime: Unlawful drilling.
Initial sentence: Nine months imprisonment.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Petition from Councillor James Diggles and 37 other signatories, presented by Colonel Thompson. They protest the innocence of the prisoner, his strenuous opposition to violence and the needs of his family. They ask for a free pardon now that he has served six months and the disturbances of 1848 are over.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 236/47
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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