Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Scrimshire. Prisoner age: 26 years. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/136
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- 1833 Jun 8
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Prisoner name: James Scrimshire.
Prisoner age: 26 years.
Court and date of trial: Warwickshire Lent Assizes, Warwick, March 1833.
Crime: Robbery, of a sum of money from a person named Davies [in Birmingham].
Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc very bad, convicted of felony before'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Ordered to the York' [convict hulk]. 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): Catharine Scrimshire (mother) of Bishop Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, undersigned by Thomas Martin (employer) of Moor Street, Birmingham and ten inhabitants of the parish of St Philip, Birmingham.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; first offence; the course of events sworn to by the prosecutor differed markedly between committal and trial.
Additional Information: He was convicted with a man named Goscomb who also received sentence of transportation.
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- Cs 20
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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