Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Sullivan. Prisoner age: 29 years. Prisoner occupation: Labourer...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/143
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Sullivan. Prisoner age: 29 years. Prisoner occupation: Labourer... dating from 1833 Apr 23 - 1833 Jun 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/27/143
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Apr 23 - 1833 Jun 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Sullivan.
Prisoner age: 29 years.
Prisoner occupation: Labourer at the King's New Palace, Pimlico [Middlesex].
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, 12 April 1833.
Crime: Robbery, stealing 6s/8d from the victim's reticule.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Considered at Report in Council, 29 May 1833'; 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): Maria Sullivan (wife), undersigned by eight inhabitants of [London]; James Sullivan (the convict) undersigned by four others.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Convicted on the evidence of the prosecutor alone who has a bad character; intoxicated at the time; Left friendless and undefended by his friends not being aware of his trial coming on so soon; first offence.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cs 27
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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