Catalogue description Prisoner name: Benjamin Cutler. Court and date of trial: Winchester January Sessions...

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Details of HO 17/2/110
Reference: HO 17/2/110
Description:

Prisoner name: Benjamin Cutler.

Court and date of trial: Winchester January Sessions [Hampshire] 1827.

Crime: Killing a deer.

Initial sentence: Transportation for seven years.

Gaoler's report: Bad character.

Annotated: 'Mr Peel does not see any sufficient ground for detaining this man in England.'

Petitioner(s): Thomas Morgan on behalf of the parish of Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire.

Grounds for clemency: Asks for him to be detained until after the next sessions so that he can be a witness in a parish appeal to be tried as to the legal settlement of his wife and six children who have become chargeable on the parish.

Additional Information: On board the York hulk.

Date: 1828 Apr 29
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: An 10
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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