Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Kinnaird. Prisoner age: 34. Court and date of trial: Circuit...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/64
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838-1841
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Prisoner name: William Kinnaird.
Prisoner age: 34.
Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary held in Inverness on 16 April 1838 by Lord Cockburn.
Crime: Sheep stealing.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character understood to be very good.
Annotated (Outcome): Refer for the opinion of the judge who tried the prisoner. Free pardon and answered 14 June 1838.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner; William Barclay, Minster of Auldearn and 2 Elders; 12 residents of Auldearn.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Innocent of crime; good character; insufficient evidence; respectable family.
Other papers: Indictment against William Kinnaird, April 1838, before J Shaw Stewart.
Copy Evidence Sentence of prisoner signed by Lord H Cockburn.
Notes of the Evidence in the case of William Kinnaird, 1838.
Evidence, 12 July 1841, The Lord Advocate, as to Pardon of William Kinnaird.
Copy Declaration of William Kinnaird, 1838.
Letter, 7 May 1838, from D MacLennan, solicitor, transmitting petition on behalf of prisoner.
Report, 30 May 1838, on the case of prisoner by [K] Boyle.
Letter, 28 May 1838, from Lord H Cockburn to the Lord Justice Clerk, transmitting papers, copy Indictment and Notes of his Evidence.
Additional Information: Justitia hulk. Inverness gaol.
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- Sy 13
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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