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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: Elizabeth Merchant [or Imlach]. Prisoner age: 63. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/68
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Elizabeth Merchant [or Imlach]. Prisoner age: 63. Court and date... dating from 1838 June 1-1840 Sept 21 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1838 June 1-1840 Sept 21
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Prisoner name: Elizabeth Merchant [or Imlach].
Prisoner age: 63.
Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary at Aberdeen on 27 April 1835.
Crime: Larceny.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): To be discharged 30 September 1840. Free pardon 5 October 1840.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner [signed by Alex Mitchell as prisoner cannot write] and countersigned by George Cockburn, keeper of the Gaol of Aberdeen, and seen and approved by Robert Cornhill, chaplain to the gaol; Alexander Thomson.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Spent nearly half sentence in Aberdeen Gaol; good conduct in gaol and she is infirm; age.
Other papers: Letter, 1 June 1838, from Alex Mitchell transmitting petition from prisoner.
Additional Information: Aberdeen Gaol.
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- Sy 17
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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