Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Morgan. Prisoner age: 28 years. Prisoner occupation: Hardware...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/123
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Morgan. Prisoner age: 28 years. Prisoner occupation: Hardware... dating from 1833 Apr 18 - 1833 Aug 10 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/27/123
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Apr 18 - 1833 Aug 10
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Morgan.
Prisoner age: 28 years.
Prisoner occupation: Hardware dealer of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Court and date of trial: Leicestershire Lent Assizes, Leicester, 29 March 1833.
Crime: Stealing cutlery on [24 March 1833].
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc not known'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Ordered to Justitia' [convict hulk]. 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): Matthew White (Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme) and 29 inhabitants of that place or of Birmingham [Warwickshire]. Jane Morgan (wife) and John Morgan (the convict) supported by her own note of transmission to the Home Department. Jane Morgan (wife).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His wife and child are destitute; his former good character; insufficient time to prepare his defence.
Other papers: A letter of character by seven business owners known to the convict.
Additional Information: The convict is a native of Ireland.
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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)
- Cs 7
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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