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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James McLean. Prisoner occupation: Flour dealer and grocer. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/171
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James McLean. Prisoner occupation: Flour dealer and grocer. Court... dating from 1834 Jan-1834 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1834 Jan-1834 Apr
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Prisoner name: James McLean.
Prisoner occupation: Flour dealer and grocer.
Court and date of trial: Liverpool Borough Sessions, October 1833.
Crime: Fraudulently secreting his effects (Bankruptcy).
Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Two petitions from the prisoner, the first with certificate from 21 inhabitants of Liverpool, testifying to his good character.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Malicious prosecution; good character.
Other papers: Letter from Mr Ewart, 2 Fludger Street, forwarding first petition and certificate.
Certificate of discharge from bankruptcy.
Affidavits of John S Hallows of 62 Brownlow Hill, surgeon; John Sweeney, tailor and draper; J H Ramsden of Greenland Street, painter; Elizabeth, wife of William Teer, shoemaker; W J Don Lea, book keeper; all of Liverpool, and Robert Piercey of Northop, Flintshire, formerly of Liverpool, testifying on behalf of the prisoner.
Affidavit of Margaret Minshall, widow of Samuel Minshall of Flintshire, North Wales, farmer, testifying to the destitution of the prisoner and his family.
List of debts paid by the prisoner.
Additional Information: Prisoner from Scotland Place, Liverpool. Held in Lancaster Castle gaol.
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- Ss 52
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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