Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Joseph Mason. Prisoner age: 19. Prisoner occupation: Served...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/114
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Joseph Mason. Prisoner age: 19. Prisoner occupation: Served... dating from 1830 Oct 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/114
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Oct 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Joseph Mason.
Prisoner age: 19.
Prisoner occupation: Served under an apothecary.
Court and date of trial: Chester Quarter Sessions held at Knutsford July 1830.
Crime: Stealing a book.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character bad. Convicted before.'
Annotated (Outcome): 'Sailed for Van Diemen's Land.'
Petitioner(s): J Wilson Patten of Bank Hall, Warrington, [Cheshire].
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's father is a man of high character; the prisoner is the oldest of ten children; the prisoner's father decided to the prisoner's father tried to show son the error of his ways but the scheme went wrong; the prisoner would be employable as an apothecary.
Additional Information: On board the John convict ship about to sail for Botany Bay.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cp 14
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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