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Prisoner name: Joseph Williams. Prisoner age: 19 years. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/147

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HO 17/27/147
Date
1833 Jun 4
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Prisoner name: Joseph Williams.

Prisoner age: 19 years.

Court and date of trial: Staffordshire Lent Assizes, Stafford, March 1833.

Crime: Offence against the game laws, namely poaching on the lands of Jesse Walter Russell in Ilam [Staffordshire].

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character bad as a poacher - connected with a gang of poachers'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'On board Justitia' [convict hulk]; 'Send to penitentiary'; 'Ordered to Penitentiary 12 June 1833'.

Petitioner(s): 47 inhabitants of the Parish of Ashborne (Ashbourne) Derbyshire, including Samuel Shipley (Vicar of Ashbourne), supported by a letter from Lord Vernon (of Ashbourne) transmitting the petition to the Home Department.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His age; first offence; involuntarily dragged into the crime.

Additional Information: Convicted with Miles Finnicane and John Williams who were transported for seven years.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cs 31
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Open Document, Open Description
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