Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Sykes. Prisoner age: 58. Prisoner occupation: Merchant trading...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/22
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- 1831 Feb 24
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Prisoner name: James Sykes.
Prisoner age: 58.
Prisoner occupation: Merchant trading in woollen cloth.
Court and date of trial: Lancashire Quarter Sessions, Salford, October 1828.
Crime: Receiving stolen goods, namely two woollen velveteen pieces of cloth, the property of Richard Wood of Longwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen cord manufacturer.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character etc bad.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): William Sykes of Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, manufacturer, the prisoner's father, undersigned by 12 inhabitants of Slaithwaite.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Unaware items stolen; ill health (emaciated); respectable family.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Slaithwaite. Held on board HMS The Finch, Woolwich.
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- Sp 22
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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