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Prisoner name: Robert Jordan Jones, real name Robert Walsh. Prisoner age: 17. Court...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/167

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HO 17/99/167
Date
1834 Jan
Description

Prisoner name: Robert Jordan Jones, real name Robert Walsh.

Prisoner age: 17.

Court and date of trial: Denbighshire Summer Assizes, Ruthin, July 1833.

Crime: Larceny (two convictions).

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character not known. Good connections.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Robert Walsh of 58 Dale Street, Liverpool, the prisoner's father, undersigned by eight inhabitants of Liverpool, including the prisoner's schoolmaster and his last employer.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Led astray by others; first offence.

Other papers: Letter from Lord Landon, 2 Fludger Street, forwarding petition.

Additional Information: Prisoner ordered to Ganymede hulk, Woolwich.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ss 48
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