Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Dominic Taughram (or Dominick Taughram or Domonick Taughram)....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/37
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Dominic Taughram (or Dominick Taughram or Domonick Taughram).... dating from 1828 Jul 24 - 1829 Mar 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Jul 24 - 1829 Mar 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Dominic Taughram (or Dominick Taughram or Domonick Taughram).
Prisoner age: 22.
Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes in 1828.
Crime: Assault with intent to murder his landlord, Thomas Sherlock.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Certificates of character returned to the prisoner on the 13 March 1829.
Petitioner(s): Three petitions from Dominic Taughram (prisoner). One petition is signed by William Mulloy Esquire JP Oakport House, [Roscommon, Ireland] and John French Dean of Elphin, [Roscommon, Ireland]; Thomas Taughram at Oxhill, [Warwickshire] (prisoner's father signed by Charles J Ceylon, William Mulloy Esquire JP and John French the Dean of Elphin.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is innocent; the prisoner's aged and unhappy parents are greatly distressed; the prisoner has always fulfilled his moral and social duties; his whole family will be destitute; no malice existed in the mind of the prisoner toward his prosecutor; after the prisoner's arrest, his landlords requested money; the prisoner had endured a 12 month confinement; excellent character testimonials.
Other papers: Letter from the prisoner requesting documents relating to his character; 2 letters John French the Dean of Elphin (landlord to the prisoner's father) forwarding the petition; the Gentlemen of Roscommon supporting the petition.
Additional Information: The prisoner was confined at Warwick Gaol, the York Hulk at Gosport, Hampshire and the Waterloo Spithead.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cn 37
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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