Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: George Sawyer alias George Butler. Prisoner age: Variously 16...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/135
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- HO 17/27/135
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Jun 18
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Prisoner name: George Sawyer alias George Butler.
Prisoner age: Variously 16 or 18 years.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, December 1830.
Crime: Stealing a live rabbit, value 2/-, from Sarah Wells of Bethnal Green, London.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Not known before'. 'Conduct good on board the Euryalus [convict hulk] with the exception of one quarter (very bad)'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): John Butler (father) a weaver of Bethnal Green, undersigned by Sarah Wells (prosecutrix) and11 inhabitants of Bethnal Green including the minister and four officers of that parish.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence; good character on board the Euryalus; has served two years and six months of his sentence; the prosecutrix joins in the petition; one signatory offers to employ him if liberated.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cs 19
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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