Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Jones. Prisoner occupation: Anchor smith at Messrs Griffiths...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/93/95
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- 1832 Oct
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Prisoner name: John Jones.
Prisoner occupation: Anchor smith at Messrs Griffiths and Lewis of Marsh Street Bristol.
Court and date of trial: Devon Adjourned Quarter Sessions December 1828.
Crime: Stealing £13 from the room of Thomas Alfred at Topsham Devon.
Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: Former character good.
Annotated (Outcome): Is this a case for the hulks or Botany Bay? To go to the hulks January 1829. Inform, if he behaves well, he will not be confined the whole of the term.
Petitioner(s): Elizabeth Ethan prisoner's mother and three signatories; Elizabeth Jones prisoner' wife with certificate of character by Thomas Wither.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good conduct; enticed by prosecutor's wife to enter room; wife is crippled.
Other papers: Letter from G Pershore.
Additional Information: On board Captivity.
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- Rn 39
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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