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Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/23/1
Date: 1792
Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
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1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (36 people, from Winterbourne,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/41/37
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (36 people, from Winterbourne,... dating from 1809 May 25 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809 May 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (36 people, from Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, including the prosecutor, churchwardens and overseers) on behalf of Samuel Dent, convicted at the Herefordshire Assizes in August 1808, for the theft of 2 steers from the Reverend Dr John Napleton There is a covering letter to the petition from Charles Bathurst. Grounds for clemency: is penitent and contrite, the prisoner has a wife and 5 small children, wishes to transport himself to the 'West Indeas' [West Indies], wishes to take his wife and family with him, if this is not possible then he wishes to sentence to revert to that of death as he would rather die than go to New South Wales. Initial sentence: death, commuted to transportation for life. Folios 313-318.
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See also HO 47/41/51 , folios 395-401.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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