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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board the...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/17

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HO 17/2/17
Date
1821 June 30
Description

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board the hulk Justitia at Woolwich [Kent].

Prisoner details: James King, aged 22, convicted at Lancaster [Lancashire] on 31 August 1816 of highway robbery.

Prisoner details: William Patchett, aged 35, convicted at Lincoln [Lincolnshire] on 8 March 1817 of burglary.

Prisoner details: David Lloyd, aged 41, convicted of at Haverfordwest [Pembrokeshire] on 8 April 1817 grand larceny.

Prisoner details: John Lloyd, aged 38, convicted at Haverfordwest on 8 April 1817 of grand larceny.

Prisoner details: Jonas Webb, aged 44, convicted at Bristol [Gloucestershire] on 18 April 1817 of grand larceny.

Prisoner details: George Hooker, aged 40, convicted at Middlesex on 21 May 1817 of stealing silver shavings.

Prisoner details: William Moore, aged 40, convicted at London on 2 July 1817 of stealing wool.

Prisoner details: Timothy Jones, aged 42, convicted at Bristol on 14 July 1817 of grand larceny.

Prisoner details: Thomas Hollis, aged 35, convicted at Derby [Derbyshire] on 15 July 1817 of stealing poultry.

Prisoner details: William Crossley, aged 29, convicted at Derby on 15 July 1817 of stealing poultry.

Prisoner details: James Hardy, aged 37, convicted at Peterborough [Northamptonshire] on 16 July 1817 of forging notes. Sentenced to 14 years mitigated to seven years.

Prisoner details: James Wood, aged 57, convicted at Newington [Surrey] on 21 July 1817 of stealing a box and apparel.

Prisoner details: James Pointon, aged 59, convicted at Hertford [Hertfordshire] on 24 July 1817 of felony.

Prisoner details: William Sharman, aged 56, convicted at Warwick [Warwickshire] on 2 August 1817 of grand larceny.

Prisoner details: John Sharman, aged 23, convicted at Warwick on 2 August 1817 of grand larceny.

Prisoner details: John Rose, aged 52, convicted at Warwick on 2 August 1817 of grand larceny.

Prisoner details: Robert Dent, aged 31, convicted at Newark [Nottinghamshire] on 9 October 1817 of stealing money.

All sentenced to seven years [transportation].

Gaoler's name: Robert Smith, Captain, M Hatch, Second mate, Samuel Watson, Chaplain.

Grounds for clemency: Two out of every hundred who have served more than half their sentence; quiet orderly and uniform good conduct; selected by the Captain.

Annotated: To be pardoned.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ah 17
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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024718/

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