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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Wheller. Prisoner occupation: Stonemason. Court and date of...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/91
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Wheller.
Prisoner occupation: Stonemason.
Court and date of trial: Somerset Epiphany Sessions, Wells, 1826.
Crime: Stealing fowls, from Vincent Stuckey (a Somerset county magistrate).
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'A very loose character'. 'Well behaved in the hulks'.
Annotated: 'Nil May 3 1828' and May 20 1828.
Petitioner(s): Vincent Stuckey (prosecutor).
Grounds for clemency: His confederates received only a short term of imprisonment; his good conduct on the hulks; he will easily obtain employment if liberated; the punishment has had due effect.
Additional Information: The prisoner was convicted with two others [un-named] who received 'some short imprisonment'. He was held on board Ganymede convict hulk.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- En 41
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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