Catalogue description Prisoner name: David Kinnear Balfour. Prisoner details: Warehouseman, aged 28. Court and...

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Details of HO 17/13/90
Reference: HO 17/13/90
Description:

Prisoner name: David Kinnear Balfour.

Prisoner details: Warehouseman, aged 28.

Court and date of trial: Glasgow Circuit Court, April 1831.

Crime: Theft - the victim Leslie Reid and Company, warehousemen.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Very respectable connexions, former course of life very good.

Annotated: Ordered to the Penitentiary; Nil.

Petitioner(s): The convict. Alexander Balfour, the convict's father, a minister. The Reverend H Haigh, the convict's minister for nine years. Leslie Reid and Company, the convict's employers.

Grounds for clemency: The convict informed his employers of his crime and returned or made good on the stolen items; his previous good character.

Other papers: Two letters from Alexander Balfour discussing the case with his daughter and son-in-law. Seven character references on behalf of the convict.

Date: 1831 May - 1832 July
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AV 20 [Scot]
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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