Catalogue description Prisoner name: Edward Howe. Prisoner age: 30. Prisoner occupation: Servant to Mrs Ann...

Prisoner name: Edward Howe.

Prisoner age: 30.

Prisoner occupation: Servant to Mrs Ann Hogard and a mercer in his private capacity. Latterly a copying clerk to George Frankland, Surveyor General, Van Diemen's Land.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey 11 September 1832.

Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house, a quantity of lace, silks and other articles valued at £700 and upwards, the property of his mistress Mrs Ann Hogard of Regent Street, Westminster, London.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: Not known here.

Annotated: Nil. 'Not till [recommended]'.

Petitioner(s): Edward Howe, the convict, undersigned by 26 inhabitants of Westminster, London; parents of the convict; Edward Howe, the convict, undersigned by George Frankland, employer.

Grounds for clemency: He had enhanced his mistress's business by his diligence; it was her fault he committed the crime because she did not oversee his work properly; convict's highly respectable aged father (83) and mother (71) and six siblings are disconsolate; he has made restitution to his mistress who is consequently in a far better situation, not least because her goods were similar to his own; his health has deteriorated in Van Diemen's Land, where his conduct has been very good.

Other papers: Copy letter from George Arthur [MP] transmitting the petition to the Home Department. Letter from James Stephen [Colonial Office] redirecting the petition to the Home Department.

Additional Information: Transported to Van Diemen's Land on board [Surry] transport, arriving April 1833. His family home is in Uffculme, Devon.