Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition (Janet Clarkson, the prisoner's wife) on behalf of John White,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/11/50
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (Janet Clarkson, the prisoner's wife) on behalf of John White,... dating from 1827 Sep 4 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 Sep 4
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1 individual petition (Janet Clarkson, the prisoner's wife) on behalf of John White, prisoner on board the Retribution at Sheerness,convicted at Glasgow in May 1827, of theft by housebreaking. Grounds for clemency: the petitioner seeks commutation of sentence to imprisonment in the hope that the prisoner will be better able to support his wife and four young children. Initial sentence: 14 years. transportation. Annotated: 'Refused Sept 18 1827'. AO6. [Scot]
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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