Catalogue description Prisoner name: Charles Woodman. Prisoner age: 18. Court and date of trial:...

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Details of HO 17/17/35
Reference: HO 17/17/35
Description:

Prisoner name: Charles Woodman.

Prisoner age: 18.

Court and date of trial: Buckinghamshire Summer Assizes, 1831.

Crime: Wounding with intent to murder; his sister-in-law at Temple Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: 'Character good'.

Annotated: 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): William Woodman junior (convict's brother, a printer).

Grounds for clemency: Not fully recovered from typhus fever; previous good character; high family standing in the county.

Additional Information: He has ten siblings, all living.

Date: 1831 Aug 17
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Bq 35
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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