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Catalogue description 1 collective petition (16 people including Vicar and churchwardens and overseers of...
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| Reference: | HO 17/50/85 |
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| Description: |
1 collective petition (16 people including Vicar and churchwardens and overseers of Whiteparish, Wiltshire) on behalf of Thomas Gange convicted at the Wiltshire Special Assize December 1830 for destroying a threshing machine belonging to Timothy Rumbold. There is also a letter from Henry Rooke supporting the petition and a covering letter. Gaoler's report: character not known. Grounds for clemency: aged parents, poor but honest, youth (20 years old), first offence, has a good character, has supported parents, realises enormity of crime. Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation. Annotated: penitentiary. HP19 |
| Date: | 1831 Jan |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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