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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: William Cartney Bligh. Prisoner occupation: Grocer. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/15/78
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Cartney Bligh. Prisoner occupation: Grocer. Court and date... dating from 1823 Oct 22; 1824 May 24 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/15/78
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823 Oct 22; 1824 May 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Cartney Bligh.
Prisoner occupation: Grocer.
Court and date of trial: City of Bristol [Gloucestershire] Michaelmas Sessions 1823.
Crime: Concealed goods and money to the value of £70 whilst a bankrupt.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Refused 1 June 1824.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner. Two petitions from Mary Bligh prisoner's wife. Thomas Gabb Bligh prisoner's brother.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Served in HM Navy for 13 years; family dependants; irregularities over place of trial; previous good character.
Other papers: Statement of facts by prisoner. Certificates of character from JB Fletcher, Major Royal Marine Forces; Richard Raggett, Captain Royal Navy; John Hutchison, Commander Royal Navy; John Banks, Commander Royal Navy; Henry Hotham. Extract from Bath and Cheltenham Gazette containing letter from brother. Letter from W Horton at Colonial Office. Letter from Thomas Bligh. Two letters from Mr Prinsep. Affidavit of William Merrett Townsend, clerk to Robert Hawkins Hollings attorney-at-law. Summary of case reserved for opinion of the Recorder [of Bristol].
Additional Information: Held in Bristol Gaol and then the convict hulk Justitia.
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- Bk 28
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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