Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Adolphus Caines. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: Medical student...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/72
What’s it about?
This record is about the Prisoner name: Adolphus Caines. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: Medical student... dating from 1837 Apr 14 - 1837 Dec 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/61/72
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1837 Apr 14 - 1837 Dec 12
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Prisoner name: Adolphus Caines.
Prisoner age: 17.
Prisoner occupation: Medical student in Glasgow.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, 3 April 1837.
Crime: Larceny of two pencil cases.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Recommended by the court for one year in Penitentiary.
Annotated (Outcome): Free pardon, 9 December 1837.
Petitioner(s): Sir John Rae Reid and five others, friends of the prisoner. Sir John Rae Reid and six others, with certificates from Gilbert Mackmurdo, surgeon, and J Hotton, ordinary, testifying to the prisoner's good conduct in Newgate.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is young and from a respectable family; he pleaded guilty; the court recommended term of imprisonment; his friends will arrange for him to return to the West Indies.
Other papers: Letter from J W Frankfield, 9 Upper Wimpole Street, testifying to respectability of Henry Iles Woodcock, barrister of St Kitts, the prisoner's relation. Covering letter for second petition from James Duke, sheriff, and John Johnson, Sessions House, Old Bailey. Report from D Nihill, governor of General Penitentiary, on the prisoner's good conduct.
Additional Information: The prisoner's family is from St Kitts, West Indies. Prisoner held in Newgate.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- KX13
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14607028/
Series information
HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
1,725,425 records
19,921 records
233 records
You are currently looking at the item: HO 17/61/72
Prisoner name: Adolphus Caines. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: Medical student...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.