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Papers HO 18/225/24.
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/45
Date: [1848-1849]
Papers HO 18/225/24.
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Prisoner name: James Love, aged 35, dock labourer. Court and Date of Trial: Central...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/35
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848 July-1855 July
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Prisoner name: James Love, aged 35, dock labourer.
Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal Court, July 1848.
Crime: Stabbing Dennis Sullivan with intent, on 26 May 1848.
Initial sentence: 15 years transportation.
Gaoler's Report: Character not known.
Outcome: Licence, 29 December 1855.
Petitions and letters: Report from judge finding no grounds for mitigation.
Five petitions from the prisoner, the first in Newgate gaol, the second on board Defence hulk, Gosport, the others in Dartmoor prison, pleading self defence, accidental injury, previous good character and conduct in quelling riots by Chartists as special constable, destitute family, ill health, time served and good conduct in prison.
Medical certificate from Dartmoor confirming prisoner's chronic bronchitis.
Report on prisoner recommended for licence from Dartmoor convict prison.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 235/35
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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