Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Carr. Prisoner age: 28 years. Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/99
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Carr. Prisoner age: 28 years. Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker.... dating from 1838 Jan - 1840 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/99
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838 Jan - 1840 Apr
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Carr.
Prisoner age: 28 years.
Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker.
Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court, January 1838.
Crime: Larceny. Stealing £17 0s 0d. Victim, George Row, manufacturer, Northampton.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character not known'. 'Conduct good on board Leviathan and StirlingCastle'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Will not be sent abroad.'
Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by 168 people from Northampton. Ann Carr, the prisoner's widowed mother, undersigned by 53 supporters including the prosecutor and the Mayor of Northampton.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is of previous good character and is repentant; the prisoner intended to make good the money before detection; the prisoner has respectable aged parents who are distressed and looking after the prisoner's child; the prisoner was unemployed at the time of his crime but has been offered employment if freed.
Other papers: Note from Vernon Smith, India Board, forwarding petition. Richard Clarke, [Horse Fair], Northampton. Covering note from [illegible] forwarding [petition] by desire of [Vernon Smith].
Additional Information: Prisoner sentenced to Leviathan convict hulk.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Hy 4
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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