Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 collective petition (12 people, comprising the prisoner, Earl of Fife, Provost...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/11/21
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This record is about the 1 collective petition (12 people, comprising the prisoner, Earl of Fife, Provost... dating from 1827 Mar 10 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 Mar 10
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1 collective petition (12 people, comprising the prisoner, Earl of Fife, Provost of Banff, two deputy lieutenants and 7 magistrates) on behalf of George Fraser, convicted at the Circuit Court of Justiciary held at Aberdeen on 15 September 1826 of assault against Harry Forbes in June 1826 at the 'Summereve's fair' in Keith. There is a covering letter to the petition from George Robinson, Provost and Deputy Lieutenant of Banff. Grounds for clemency: Fraser was drunk at the time of the assault, the assault was instigated by others, prisoner had no previous criminal record, has many certificates of good character and was wrongly advised to plead guilty at the trial. Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment. Annotated: '22 March 27, Refused'. AM 21. [Scot]
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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