Catalogue description 1 individual petition (Sarah Shepherd, prisoner's mother) and 1 collective petition (32...

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Details of HO 17/59/5
Reference: HO 17/59/5
Description:

1 individual petition (Sarah Shepherd, prisoner's mother) and 1 collective petition (32 people from Breamore) on behalf of Charles Shepherd, labourer, convicted at Hampshire Special Assizes in December 1830 for machine breaking. Grounds for clemency: wife and 2 children to support, not hardened criminal, previous good character, honest and industrious worker. Initial sentence: transportation for life. Gaoler's report: orderly in prison. Annotated: nil. KP 5
Date: [1830]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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