Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Irving. Court and date of trial: Dumfries Circuit Court,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/183
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Irving. Court and date of trial: Dumfries Circuit Court,... dating from 1838 Nov 15 - 1838 Dec 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/183
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838 Nov 15 - 1838 Dec 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Irving.
Court and date of trial: Dumfries Circuit Court, April 1838.
Crime: Assault. Victim, Theodore Blaikie.
Initial sentence: 15 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has an aged mother and family to support; the prisoner's behaviour was badly affected by intoxication at the time of the crime; the prisoner is honest, industrious and of previous good character; the prisoner pleaded guilty; the prisoner's health is suffering in gaol.
Other papers: Character reference from Adam Jackson, Brideswell Village, Dumfriesshire, former employer. Character reference from [William Bell MacDonald], [Rammerscales], former employer. Letter from Andrew Halliday, Dumfries, forwarding petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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Hz 21
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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