1 individual petition (Sarah Shepherd, prisoner’s mother) and 1 collective petition (32 people from Breamore) …

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: 01/01/1830 - 31/12/1830

Last import: September 11, 2017