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Prisoner name: Samuel Marriott. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Leicester...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/151

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Samuel Marriott. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Leicester... dating from [1826] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/117/151
Date
[1826]
Description

Prisoner name: Samuel Marriott.

Prisoner age: 22.

Court and date of trial: Leicester Midsummer Assizes 1817.

Crime: Horse stealing.

Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.

Annotated (Outcome): Is he alive?

Petitioner(s): J M Phillips.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Available evidence of his previous good behaviour was not produced at the trial.

Additional Information: Transported to New South Wales on the Neptune arriving on 5 May 1818. Was taken into service by Darcy Wentworth chief police magistrate for Sydney.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xl 50
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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