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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board the...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/15/66

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HO 17/15/66
Date
1823 Dec 31
Description

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board the Justitia convict hulk.

Names and details of prisoners:

Charles Clarke, aged 21, convicted at Middlesex on 2 December 1818 of stealing soap. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

James Ross, aged 46, convicted at Edinburgh on 23 December 1818 of theft. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

Thomas Newman, aged 44, convicted at London on 13 January 1819 of stealing silks. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

John Stanford, aged 55, convicted at Derby [Derbyshire] on 12 January 1819 of a misdemeanour under the Game Laws. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

Samuel Roadby, aged 31, convicted at Louth [Lincolnshire] on 14 January 1819 of felony. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

William Haynes, aged 37, convicted at Middlesex on 17 February 1819 of stealing sheets. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

Thomas Allsop, aged 53, convicted at Middlesex on 17 February 1819 of stealing from a lodging room. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

Thomas Jennings, aged 22, convicted at Middlesex on 17 February 1819 of stealing leather. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

Samuel Dodd, aged 46, convicted at Stafford [Staffordshire] on 11 March 1819 of grand larceny. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

John Willey, aged 52, convicted at Durham on 22 March 1819 of sheep stealing. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

Robert Duffield, aged 30, convicted at Leicester [Leicestershire] on 20 March 1819 of felony. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

James Gordon, aged 59, convicted at Middlesex on 21 April 1819 of stealing a water cock plug. Initial sentence: seven years' transportation.

John Warren, aged 23, convicted at St Mary Newington [Surrey] on 25 October 1819 of stealing silver spoons. 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
Former department reference
Bk 16
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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