Catalogue description Prisoner name: John Fulford. Prisoner age: 52. Prisoner occupation: Sawyer. Court and...

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Details of HO 17/32/82
Reference: HO 17/32/82
Description:

Prisoner name: John Fulford.

Prisoner age: 52.

Prisoner occupation: Sawyer.

Court and date of trial: Hampshire Special Assizes December 1830.

Crime: Riotously assembling and demolishing machinery November 1830 at Fordingbridge [Hampshire].

Initial sentence: Death sentence commuted to transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: Orderly in prison. Conduct good onboard the Hardy.

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): John Fulford, convict. 30 people (signatures endorsed by the vicar and church wardens of Downton, Wiltshire)

Grounds for clemency: Known to petitioners as always industrious and of a quiet and peaceable nature; was present at riot but did not take part in it; was inebriated; cannot now make his living.

Additional Information: The convict was held on the York hulk.

Date: [1833]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: DS 32
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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