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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): James Dixon alias James Piper. Prisoner age: 27. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/121
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Dixon alias James Piper. Prisoner age: 27. Court and date... dating from [1838 Nov 26] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/48/121
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1838 Nov 26]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): James Dixon alias James Piper.
Prisoner age: 27.
Court and date of trial: Kent Quarter Sessions Maidstone October 1838.
Crime: Stealing 40 shillings from Richard Martin of Cuxton, Kent on 26 January 1836 in The Watermans Arms Rochester.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character notoriously bad; in prison before for vagrancy.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): William Piper and Elizabeth Piper (prisoner's foster father and mother) undersigned by 31 inhabitants of Maidstone.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prosecutor feels sentence too severe; prosecutor was also drinking with the group which included prisoner when crime alleged to have taken place; lost money as result of betting game not stolen; a witness Elizabeth Giles who could prove this was not called at trial; not represented properly by lawyer.
Other papers: Signed statement from Elizabeth Giles landlady of The Watermans Arms, Rochester.
Statement from Richard Finn confirming he took down Elizabeth Giles' sworn statement.
Covering letter.
Additional Information: Prisoner on board Fortitude.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GZ 22
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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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