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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board the...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/15/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823 Dec 31
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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board the Ganymede convict hulk.
Names and details of prisoners:
James Francis, aged 25, convicted at Chester [Cheshire] on 1 September 1819 of stealing wearing apparel. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Isaac Barton, aged 19, convicted at Nottingham [Nottinghamshire] on 13 January 1820 of stealing money from a drawer in a shop. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Thomas Osborne, aged 21, convicted at Leicester [Leicestershire] on 20 March 1820 of stealing two pairs of stockings and two handkerchiefs. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Josiah Newell (or Josiah Newill), aged 32, convicted at Chester on 5 April 1820 of being an accessory to the theft of a coach parcel. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Thomas Pimlott, aged 20, convicted at Chester on 5 April 1820 of poaching. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
James Dean, aged 32, convicted at London on 17 May 1820 of obtaining store under false pretences. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Thomas Brackenborough, aged 19, convicted at Middlesex on 15 September 1819 of stealing two tablecloths. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Henry Lloyd, aged 24, convicted at Middlesex on 12 April 1820 of stealing beef. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.
Gaoler's name: John Capper, Superintendent.
Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): Served more than half their sentence with good behaviour.
Annotated (Recommendation Details): Pardon prepared 26 January 1824.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Bk 15
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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