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1 individual petition (E. Duncan) and 2 collective petitions (the prosecutors and...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/33/7

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This record is about the 1 individual petition (E. Duncan) and 2 collective petitions (the prosecutors and... dating from 1803 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/33/7
Date
1803
Description

1 individual petition (E. Duncan) and 2 collective petitions (the prosecutors and 12 people of the Minories, London/Middlesex, including the prisoner) on behalf of William Cleugh, ship's steward, convicted at the Old Bailey 'last' May, for the theft of a child's frock property of James Gibson and Sarah Gibson. Grounds for clemency: the prisoner was 24, trained in navigation and was willing to serve aboard a man of war being more useful to society on board than in prison, was supported in his application by the prosecutors, was been intoxicated at the time the crime was committed, was encouraged into crime by other and a loss of property through neglect, was from a respectable family. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Folios 72-77.

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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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