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Prisoner name: Jacob Bond Vian and Emanuel Marks Vian. Prisoner age: Jacob Vian aged...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/181

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Jacob Bond Vian and Emanuel Marks Vian. Prisoner age: Jacob Vian aged... dating from 1829 - 1831 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/181
Date
1829 - 1831
Description

Prisoner name: Jacob Bond Vian and Emanuel Marks Vian.

Prisoner age: Jacob Vian aged 21. Emanuel Vian aged 18.

Court and date of trial: Plymouth Borough Sessions [Devon] May 1829.

Crime: Larceny. The prosecutor William Moore.

Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Have borne very bad characters.'

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): William Vian, of 23 Jubilee Street Plymouth, the convicts' father. William Moore, prosecutor on behalf of Emanuel Vian.

Grounds for clemency: Father hopes they may yet become useful members of society when they realise the enormity of their crime.

Additional Information: In Plymouth Borough Gaol.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ao 31
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024882/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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