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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name(s): James Parsons. Court and date of trial: Devon Lent Assizes held...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/3
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Parsons. Court and date of trial: Devon Lent Assizes held... dating from 1828 Apr 9 - 1831 Oct 14 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr 9 - 1831 Oct 14
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Prisoner name(s): James Parsons.
Court and date of trial: Devon Lent Assizes held at Exeter in 1828.
Crime: Horse stealing. The prisoner stole one horse from a field.
Initial sentence: The jury declared the prisoner insane before his trial for horse stealing. The prisoner was removed to Cornwall Lunatic Asylum on the 10 May 1828 until His Majesty's pleasure be known.
Annotated (Outcome): Warrant of discharge prepared for the 17 October 1831.
Petitioner(s): Five visiting justices of the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum at Bodmin [Cornwall] including Robert Walker the chairman, undersigned by L H Potts the resident physician and superintendent, William Hamley a surgeon and Joseph Hamley a surgeon.
Two petitions from L H Potts the resident physician and superintendent of the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum at Bodmin [Cornwall].
Five petitions from Charles Coode the treasurer and clerk to the visiting committee of the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum of Bodmin, [Cornwall].
Two petitions from John Kennaway Esquire of Escot, Exeter [Devon].
William Cole (prisoner's gaoler) the governor of Devon County Gaol, Exeter [Devon].
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The Cornwall Lunatic Asylum's superintending physician and three other surgeons certify that the prisoner has been in a state of perfect mental sanity for 18 months; the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum's visiting justices are no longer authorised by the Royal Sign Manualto detain the prisoner in an asylum appropriated to the exclusive care of the insane; a certificate from the parish offices in Modbury proves that there will be no difficulty in finding employment for the prisoner; the prisoner is clever, talented and mild mannered.
Other papers: Medical certificate from L H Potts and Joseph Hamley undersigned by Robert Walker and Thomas Grylls.
Medical certificate from L H Potts and William Hamley.
Medical certificate from J Luscombe the surgeon of Devon County Gaol.
Certificate from the Modbury, [Devon] churchwardens and overseers of the poor.
Two visiting magistrates of the Devon County Gaol, James Pitman and [illegible P Lyon] adjudge that Modbury was the prisoner's last place of legal settlement.
An order for the prisoner's maintenance at the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum signed by four visiting magistrates of the Devon County Gaol.
A note stating that the medical report seems too weak to act upon.
Devon General Quarter Sessions held at Exeter, undersigned by John Kennaway Esquire the chairman and Thomas Wentworth Butler Esquire.
Additional Information: The visiting justices of Cornwall are recommending a free pardon for the prisoner.
The prisoner had escaped confinement once and nearly escaped a second time.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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