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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name: William Tracey. Prisoner age: 30. Prisoner occupation: Soldier in...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/174
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- 1833 Nov-1834 Jan
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Prisoner name: William Tracey.
Prisoner age: 30.
Prisoner occupation: Soldier in 96th Regiment.
Court and date of trial: Court Martial, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 9 December 1830.
Crime: Desertion.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Free pardon prepared, 31 January 1834.
Petitioner(s): Copy petition from eight merchants of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Conduct good on hulks; time already served.
Other papers: Letter from Fitzroy Somerset, Horse Guards, stating that there is no objection to the prisoner being pardoned 'although the frequency of Desertion from the Troops in North America fully justifies the Sentence passed upon him'.
Report on prisoner from Dromedary hulk, Bermuda.
Additional Information: Prisoner originally from Ireland. Worked as a pedlar after deserting.
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- Ss 55
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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