Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: David Morison. Court and date of trial: Perth Circuit Court held...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/67
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This record is about the Prisoner name: David Morison. Court and date of trial: Perth Circuit Court held... dating from 1838 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/101/67
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838
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Prisoner name: David Morison.
Court and date of trial: Perth Circuit Court held in September 1837.
Crime: Assault.
Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Walter Morison, father, and signed by 17 others.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Family dependent on his wages; sentence should be same as his two guilty companions and be relieved from further punishment; respectable connections.
Other papers: Letter, 28 May 1838, from [L Adern] enclosing petition on behalf of prisoner.
Additional Information: Perth Gaol.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Sy 16
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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