Catalogue description Prisoner name: George Edgar. Court and date of trial: Edinburgh High Court of Judiciary...

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Details of HO 17/12/17
Reference: HO 17/12/17
Description:

Prisoner name: George Edgar.

Court and date of trial: Edinburgh High Court of Judiciary [Midlothian], 4 February 1828.

Crime: [Not stated].

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): George Edgar, the prisoner.

Grounds for clemency: Witness who would have proved prisoner's innocence did not attend trial; he has a large family dependent upon his support; his previous good character.

Other papers: Certificate from ministers and elders of previous parish and of Stranraer [Wigtownshire], testifying to prisoner's good conduct.

Additional Information: Prisoner first held in Stranraer gaol on 14 October 1827, together with John Young. Transferred to Edinburgh gaol.

Date: 1828
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AP17 [Scot]
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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