Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Jeremiah Dawson. Prisoner age: 24 years. Prisoner occupation:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/42
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Jeremiah Dawson. Prisoner age: 24 years. Prisoner occupation:... dating from 1836 Apr - 1837 Oct in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/42
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836 Apr - 1837 Oct
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Jeremiah Dawson.
Prisoner age: 24 years.
Prisoner occupation: Plumber and glazier.
Court and date of trial: Lancaster Quarter Sessions, Salford [Lancashire] April 1836.
Crime: Receiving stolen goods - lead and glass, the property of Messers Howarth and Atkinson.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character good up to the present time. Married 1 child'.
Annotated (Outcome): In the Penitentiary. Nil.
Petitioner(s): 28 inhabitants of Manchester, forwarded in a letter from [Johnathan Law], Manchester. John Dallard, curate, [Janet Gratrisa] and Walter Barton Scott, surgeon from Manchester.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is of previous good character; the prisoner has a family dependent on his support; the sentence is harsh; the prisoner voluntarily surrendered himself to the Police when he heard he was to be charged; the prisoner will become a good member of society on his release; good conduct in prison.
Additional Information: Ordered to Fortitude convict hulk.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Hw 42
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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