Prisoner name: Joseph Buxton. Prisoner occupation: innholder. Court and date of trial: Wiltshire Summer Assizes …

Description: Prisoner name: Joseph Buxton. Prisoner occupation: innholder. Court and date of trial: Wiltshire Summer Assizes 1832. Crime: Arson - setting fire to his own house. Initial sentence: death. Annotated: Nil. Petitioner(s): 191 inhabitants of Bradford, Wiltshire; William Hale, also of Bradford, Wiltshire, forwarding the petition. Grounds for clemency: Good character for honesty, industry and sobriety; convicted on circumstantial evidence.

Date: 31/07/1832

Last import: September 11, 2017