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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
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Prisoner name: John Thompson and Peter Magnus. Prisoner occupation: Sailors. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/144
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Thompson and Peter Magnus. Prisoner occupation: Sailors. Court... dating from 1834 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1834 Jan
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Prisoner name: John Thompson and Peter Magnus.
Prisoner occupation: Sailors.
Court and date of trial: Liverpool Borough Sessions, January 1834.
Crime: Forgery of an undertaking for payment of £2 10s with intent to defraud Isaac Levy of James Street, Liverpool, clothier, and uttering said undertaking.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Sentence commuted to nine months imprisonment, 27 January 1834.
Petitioner(s): James Clarke, Recorder of Liverpool.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Led astray by another; sentence severe for crime.
Other papers: Letter from James Clarke forwarding petition.
Additional Information: Prisoners from ship Sheffield bound for New York.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ss 25
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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