Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Harling. Prisoner occupation: Riding Officer of Excise. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/163
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Harling. Prisoner occupation: Riding Officer of Excise. Court... dating from 1826 Sept 23 - 1839 Apr 22 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/163
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Date (When the record was created)
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1826 Sept 23 - 1839 Apr 22
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Harling.
Prisoner occupation: Riding Officer of Excise.
Court and date of trial: Inverary Circuit Court, 13 September 1838.
Crime: Assault with intent to ravish. Victim, Isabella Gillespie, a licensed retailer of tobacco, 42 years old, unmarried.
Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner, enclosing supporting letter from his mother Alice Harling, of Kent Terrace, Kendal, Westmoreland, and character references from William M Wade, [John Evans Coller], [Alix Macpherson]. The prisoner, enclosing a letter he had sent to one of his 'persecutors' but which had been returned, refused. The prisoner enclosing a medical certificate from James MacNicol. Five other petitions from the prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The charge brought is fabricated, lacks evidence and is designed to discredit the prisoner because of his job; the victim tried to extort money from the prisoner; the prisoner has an unblemished character; the witnesses and the accuser are unreliable and have been guilty of perjury in the past; the prisoner is 'persuaded' he will be reinstated to his job once freed; the prisoner's health is declining in gaol; the prisoner offers money as a fine in lieu of the remainder of his sentence.
Additional Information: Case report from [W] Boyle. Letter from William Anderson, Excise Office. Letter from John A Murray, Public Prosecutor. Letter from Lord Cockburn to Lord Justice Clerk. Excise Officer application from the prisoner dated 1826, undersigned by 13 supporters. Trial statements from Donald Munro, [G] Bell.
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Hz 1
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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