Catalogue description Prisoner name: John Warne . Prisoner age: 28. Prisoner occupation: Butcher. Court and...

Prisoner name: John Warne.

Prisoner age: 28.

Prisoner occupation: Butcher.

Court and date of trial: Hampshire Lent Assizes held at Winchester 1830.

Crime: Cattle stealing, namely a calf, the property of James Ball of Burley, Hampshire, butcher.

Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Prisoner; Love Warne of Hurn near Ringwood, the prisoner's aunt.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is innocent; he had no time to prepare his defence before trial; the prosecutor's evidence was inconclusive.

Other papers: Letter from the Reverend James Willis of Sopley, Hampshire, magistrate, testifying to the actions of the prosecutor. Letter from H Wayland Powell, committing magistrate, concerning petition.

Additional Information: Prisoner lodged with Mrs Jane Keeping at High Town, near Ringwood, Hampshire. Held in Winchester gaol then on board York hulk, Gosport.