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Prisoner name: Thomas Walker [Thomas Dods]. Prisoner age: 50. Court and date of...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/83

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HO 17/101/83
Date
1838
Description

Prisoner name: Thomas Walker [Thomas Dods].

Prisoner age: 50.

Court and date of trial: Liverpool Sessions held in April 1835.

Crime: Uttering forged document.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: Not known.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Jane Pringle [or Dods], wife, and signed by 16 others.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Forced by creditors to leave his home near Edinburgh, he was deceived by a 'sharper' in Liverpool into drawing upon his brother and was immediately informed upon. He was apprehended, tried and transported before the news reached his brother, who would willingly have covered the amount.

Other papers: Letter, 5 April 1838, from Mr Gibson Craig transmitting petition on behalf of prisoner.

Letter, 16 April 1838, from W Gibson Craig stating that since his last letter he has heard nothing concerning prisoner on the hulk.

Letter, 28 May 1838, from Mr Gibson Craig transmitting declaration, dated 15 May 1838, from.

James Dods clarifying that his brother was convicted under the assumed name of Thomas Walker.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sy 32
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16646299/

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