Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Donald Kennedy. Prisoner occupation: Wood merchant and ship owner....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/189
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Donald Kennedy. Prisoner occupation: Wood merchant and ship owner.... dating from 1838 - 1839 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/189
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838 - 1839
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Donald Kennedy.
Prisoner occupation: Wood merchant and ship owner.
Court and date of trial: Edinburgh High Court, 3 December 1838.
Crime: Unlawfully shooting.
Initial sentence: Eight months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): 'To stay where he is according to the sentence'. 'Two months of Sentence remitted'. 'The sentence cannot be further commuted'.
Petitioner(s): Two petitions from the prisoner. 15 Jury members.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner did not intend to do serious harm to the victims and regrets the incident; the prisoner is of exemplary character; the prisoner's imprisonment will have an effect on his business and nearly 400 employees, which would be mitigated in part by a transfer to a gaol close-by; the prisoner would have been acquitted if tried in England; the jury was an Ipeciat one; the prisoner has served enough of his sentence to be released and be able to renew his employees contracts.
Other papers: Letter from John Lock MP to Home Office. A supporting letter from John Lock MP forwarding a petition.
Additional Information: The prisoner came from Bogbain, Tain, Ross-shire, and also resided in Inverness area.
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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 27
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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