Prisoner name: William Smith. Court and date of trial: Glasgow Circuit Court held...

Prisoner name: William Smith.

Court and date of trial: Glasgow Circuit Court held on 1 May 1838.

Crime: Forging the name of his nephew, James Smith.

Initial sentence: Two years imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): Discharged [Nil].

Petitioner(s): Prisoner and signed by 112 others.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Family dependent on his wages; Ill health - hernia, severe pulmonary complaints with constant coughing, fever and sweating, good character.

Other papers: [Undated] letter from Alexander Carmichael, Littlegala Farm, as to good character of prisoner.

[Undated] letter signed by 26 inhabitants of Wiston and Roberton, as to good character of prisoner.

[Undated] letter from Thomas Paul, agent, Commercial Bank of Scotland, as to good character of prisoner.

Letter, 14 February 1838, from A Fleming, Surgeon to the Lanark Jail, as to the health of prisoner.

Letter, 8 March 1838, from James Annam, Town Clerk, enclosing certificate by Andrew Fleming, Surgeon at Lanark Jail, as to the state of health of prisoner.

21 April 1838 signed by 65 inhabitants of the Parish of Pittinam.

Letter, 23 April 1838, from [J Anstruther] as to the good character of prisoner.

Letter, 23 April 1838, signed by 63 inhabitants of Carmichael as to good character of prisoner.

Letter, 24 April 1838, from William Lamb, Minister, Carmichael House, as to the good character of prisoner.

Letter. 25 April 1838, from George Dickson, Minister of Kilrenny, as to the good character of prisoner.

Character letter, 27 April, signed by 32 inhabitants of Lanark.

Letter. 1 June 1838, from John Marr enclosing petition from prisoner together with separate certificates of character.

Additional Information: Lanark Jail.