Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Bartholomew Worth. Prisoner age: About 17. Court and date of...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/187
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- 1829 May - 1834 Nov
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Prisoner name: John Bartholomew Worth.
Prisoner age: About 17.
Court and date of trial: Exeter City Sessions [Devon] 27 April 1829.
Crime: Larceny.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character bad attempted to escape'.
Annotated: 'To be transported' 1829. 'Usual answer' 1834.
Petitioner(s): Bartholomew Worth, the convict's father, of Exeter, with six others including the mayor of Exeter. A second petition from Bartholomew Worth.
Grounds for clemency: Father brought up his children 'in habits of industry' to best of his ability; he was forced to take his son to court for the sake of his and his son's safety after he ransacked the drawers in the house of valuables and stole several articles of his father's property; father hopes his son will mend his ways if he is admitted to the penitentiary.
Additional Information: Convict in New South Wales by 1834.
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- Ao 37
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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