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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: Michael Gillon, aged ?about 24 years.? Court and Date of Trial: Edinburgh,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/275/44
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- HO 18/275/44
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner Name: Michael Gillon, aged ‘about 24 years.’
Court and Date of Trial: Edinburgh, 19 February 1849.
Crime: Assault and Robbery.
Initial Sentence: Ten years Transportation.
Gaoler's Report: ‘Once before convicted of Assault’.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Petition from the Prisoner’s mother, Mrs Mary Swiney, and his wife, Margaret Gillon, with postscripts from four other people, who confirm the good moral character of the two petitioners. Grounds for clemency, Michael Gillon’s first offence, previous good conduct until led astray by others and drink. Since his imprisonment, his destitute family have been supported by his mother, but she cannot continue. If released, money could be found to enable the prisoner with his wife and family to go to America where he could find employment.
Covering letter for the petition, drawing attention to the ‘certificates annexed to it’.
A letter from Edinburgh prison responding to a request, states that the prisoner behaved well whilst held there, from December 1848 until July 1849.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 275/44
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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