Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: Retribution.

Names and details of prisoners:

Richard Russell aged 17 convicted of stealing 24 box scales at Middlesex on 4 December 19822 Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Stephen Hopson aged 20 convicted of felony at Maidstone [Kent] on 16 December 1822. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

William Morgan aged 30 convicted of felony at Maidstone [Kent] on 17 March 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

William Peake aged 30 convicted of felony at Kingston [Surrey] on 31 March 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Francis Lawrence aged 45 convicted of felony at Ryegate [Surrey] on 8 April 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Thomas Jackson aged 18 convicted of felony at Middlesex on 14 May 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

John Taylor aged 55 convicted of grand larceny at Worcester [Worcestershire] on 12 July 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Edward Perkes aged 66 convicted of grand larceny at Worcester [Worcestershire] on 12 July 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Robert Haxell aged 60 convicted of embezzlement at Rochester [Kent] on 21 July 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Richard Davies aged 56 convicted of grand larceny at Shrewsbury [Shropshire] on 23 July 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Thomas Beeman aged 42 convicted of felony at London on 10 September 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Archibald Knox aged 22 convicted of assault at Glasgow on 23 September 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Edward Christmas aged 24 convicted of obtaining goods by false pretences at Hastings [Sussex] on 15 October 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Henry Gurr aged 19 convicted of stealing a mule at Maidstone [Kent] on 14 October 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Hilary Bishop aged 43 convicted of stealing lead at St Augustines [Kent] on 17 October 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Mark Stripple aged 46 convicted of stealing lead at St Augustines [Kent] on 17 October 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Charles Evans aged 33 convicted of felony at London on 22 October 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Peter Reid aged 33 convicted of reset of theft at Glasgow on 27 September 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

John Cooling aged 53 convicted of felony at Bourne [Lincolnshire] on 16 October 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

William Roberts aged 51 convicted of felony at Newington [Surrey] on 1 December 1823.Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Gaoler's name: N Hatton Overseer.

Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): Served more than half their sentence with good behaviour.

Annotated (Recommendation Details): Free pardon prepared 16 January 1828.