Catalogue description Prisoner name: George Crewe (or George Crew). Prisoner age: Aged 21 (or 23). Prisoner...

Prisoner name: George Crewe (or George Crew).

Prisoner age: Aged 21 (or 23).

Prisoner occupation: Worked as a shawl maker.

Court and date of trial: Surrey Quarter Sessions adjourned, 5 December 1836.

Crime: Stealing apparel. Prosecutrix Mary Cookesley.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character not known'.

Annotated: 'Nil' (first petition). 'Nil. A Bad Case of the kind' (second petition).

Petitioner(s): George Crewe, the prisoner, undersigned by the prosecutrix Mary Cookesley and 33 tradesmen, including a character reference from George Gunn, silk manufacturer, who shared premises with Crewe. George Gunn of [Aldermanbury] London.

Grounds for clemency: The prisoner is of former good character, from a respectable family with good connections, but orphaned when young; he is distressed at being unemployed and this is his first offence.

Additional Information: Prisoner on board Justitia hulk. Prisoner prosecuted with [Frederick Pont].