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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Legget. Prisoner occupation: Master mariner. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/196
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Legget. Prisoner occupation: Master mariner. Court and date... dating from 1837 Dec 15 - 1838 Dec 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/196
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837 Dec 15 - 1838 Dec 3
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Legget.
Prisoner occupation: Master mariner.
Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court, 3 January 1838.
Crime: Manslaughter on the high seas. Victim Joseph Brown.
Initial sentence: Two years imprisonment in Penitentiary.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): 102 respectable inhabitants of the Burgh of Port-Glasgow, and copy of same.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner pleaded guilty on the advice of his Counsel but was innocent; the prisoner has already served approximately 12 months of his sentence; the prisoner is of good character; the victim was ill before he boarded the ship but this was not known to the prisoner; the prisoner has three sisters to support; had the prisoner asked for a postponement of the trial, the crew would have been available as witnesses.
Other papers: Letter from J C [Colquhan], enclosing a petition from the prisoner [petition not enclosed]. Letter from Francis Hobler, 30 Walbrook, Mansion House, forwarding petition. Witness statements from George McKenzie and Henry McCourt, forwarded in a letter from [William McNaught] to George Robertson, shipchandler, Commercial Road, London.
Additional Information: The prisoner was tried with James Nisbet, seaman. The prisoner was captain of The Margaret. The prisoner was from Port-Glasgow, Scotland.
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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 34
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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