Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Cooke. Prisoner age: 15. Prisoner occupation: Assistant...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/93/82
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- 1829 Jan 5
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Prisoner name: James Cooke.
Prisoner age: 15.
Prisoner occupation: Assistant tobacco pipe maker.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December Sessions 1826.
Crime: Stealing boxes belonging to Messrs Deane & Son of Monument Yard Fish Street Hill [London].
Initial sentence: 7 years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Embarked on board the ship Mermaid for New South Wales. Ship sailed.
Petitioner(s): Robert Cooke of 4 York Street Bethnal Green Middlesex prisoner's father and 8 inhabitants of London; Robert Cooke and George Deane & Son.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Frequently ill; on hospital ship at Chatham; previous good character; respectable connections.
Other papers: Letter from Sir R Farquhar MP forwarding the petition.
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- Rn 26
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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