Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Ellen Tarbett, Maria Hamilton. Prisoner age: Ellen Tarbett 20;...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/36
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Ellen Tarbett, Maria Hamilton. Prisoner age: Ellen Tarbett 20;... dating from 1828 Apr 12 - 1828 Apr 15 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1828 Apr 12 - 1828 Apr 15
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Prisoner name(s): Ellen Tarbett, Maria Hamilton.
Prisoner age: Ellen Tarbett 20; Maria Hamilton 30.
Court and date of trial: Ellen Tarbett Kirkdale County Sessions in 1828.
Maria Hamilton Liverpool Midsummer Sessions in 1828.
Crime: Ellen Tarbett robbed her master, a baker, of various sums of money by means of a false key.
Maria Hamilton obtained three trunks from on board a packet under false pretences.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to Penitentiary 16 April 1828.
Petitioner(s): William Horner, Chaplain.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): William Horner is petitioning to prevent the prisoners' removal to London for transportation; Ellen Tarbett's previous character was excellent and there appears to be no doubt that she was a perfectly honest woman; Ellen Tarbett has never before been confined and her conduct in prison was good; Maria Hamilton was ill treated and came to Liverpool; her conduct in prison has been uniformly good; the prisoners may prove useful members of society.
Other papers: A letter from William Horner Chaplain, Kirkdale House of Correction, [Liverpool, Merseyside].
Lord Skelmersdale of Portland Place, [London] supporting Horner's recommendation.
Additional Information: The prisoners are awaiting transportation in the House of Correction, Kirkdale.
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- Cn 36
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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