Catalogue description 2 reports by William Garrow on 3 individual petitions (the prisoner; and Robert...

2 reports by William Garrow on 3 individual petitions (the prisoner; and Robert Waithman, sheriff [x2]) and 4 collective petitions (12 people, the jury; 18 people including the prisoner, prosecutor and 16 others of Leicester Square [Middlesex x3]; and 15 people, the prisoner, prosecutor and others of Leicester Square [Middlesex]) on behalf of Frederick White/Joseph White, musician, dancer and dancing master of the Norwich Theatre, convicted at the Old Bailey on 8 December 1820 for highway robbery of goods vale 30/-, property of Joseph Wildey on 30 November 1820. There are letters from Robert Waithman, sheriff [x4]: Robert Barry, barrister [x1]; James Bannister, proprietor of the Norfolk Theatre, (offering the prisoner future employment); and the Countess of Liverpool; a certificate of good character from William Rutherford; notes of 'evidence' supplied at the trial by James Stone, clerk to William Fletcher; sworn statements by Thomas Jenkins, victualler, Harriet Jenkins, his daughter and Elizabeth Robinson, wife of George Robinson; Benjamin Barnet; Alexander Gillmore, hair dresser and perfumer, John Temple, bedstead maker, Thomas Fenlon, milkman and George Godden, poulterer; 3 certificates of good character for James Tyler (gave evidence against the prisoner) from J Morcombe, William Aslett, Edward Tredway, Josh Bennet, William Gooding, William Smith and Henry Heather. The prisoner is held in Newgate gaol. Grounds for clemency: youth (16-17 years), youngest of 6 children, of previous good conduct, the misery of his family, the prisoner's father has served in HM Customs for 20 years, his sisters are all respectably employed, led into crime by other older people which he know for only a short time, forced into admitting his guilt by others, the prosecutor was reported as 'intoxicated' at the time and was mistaken in identifying the criminal. Initial sentence: death, respited. Recommendation: speaks in favour of mercy, the prisoner was disadvantaged at his trial and it is a case of mistaken identity. Folios 1-55.