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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/60

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This record is about the Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:... dating from 1829 Jun 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/16/60
Date
1829 Jun 3
Description

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: Dromedary convict hulk [Bermuda].

Names and details of prisoners:

James Logan, convicted at Kirkdale [Lancashire] on 18 April 1825 for stealing money.

Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): 'Brought a good character from gaol and the first offence. Has invariably muster'd good and very good in the Dromedary and is particularly recommended'.

Annotated (Recommendation Details): Free pardon prepared 4 June 1829.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Bo 10
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14455962/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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