Catalogue description Prisoner name: Alexander Masterton. Prisoner details: Sometime boatman and ship...
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Reference: | HO 17/6/36 |
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Description: |
Prisoner name: Alexander Masterton. Prisoner details: Sometime boatman and ship carpenter of Culross, Perthshire. Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary, Perth, 21 September 1821. Crime: Assault - upon Peter Hutchison and James Drysdale at Culross. Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment and to find security for good behaviour for five years. Annotated: '20 April 1822 refused'. Petitioner(s): Alexander Masterton (the convict) undersigned by the minister and two elders of the [local] church and the burgh surgeon. Grounds for clemency: Previous good character; prevarication by Ann Drysdale (the victim's daughter). Other papers: Letter from R Downie transmitting the petition to the Home Department. |
Date: | [1822] |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | Ab 11 [Scot] |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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