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Catalogue description Prisoner name(s): John Eyre . Prisoner occupation: Postmaster of Marlborough,...
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| Reference: | HO 17/26/98 |
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| Description: |
Prisoner name(s): John Eyre. Prisoner occupation: Postmaster of Marlborough, [Wiltshire]. Court and date of trial: Wiltshire Lent Assizes held at New Sarum 7 March 1829. Crime: Embezzlement. The prisoner defrauded His Majesty's Post Office revenue. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Petitioner(s): 112 inhabitants of Marlborough, Wiltshire. 79 inhabitants of Swindon, Wiltshire. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has been an inhabitant of Marlborough since his childhood and has known some of the petitioners for 30 years; the prisoner is a man of invincible integrity and good conduct; the prisoner's charity toward his friends, neighbours and the poor has gained him a large circle of acquaintance; the prisoner's friends provided character testimony at the trial and the jury recommended him for merciful consideration; the prisoner may die if he is forced to endure the journey to His Majesty's foreign plantations and the climate; the prisoner's early habits of life gave rise to a protracted and grievous bodily malady that depleted his strength. Other papers: Note about location of John Eyre. Letter from T Keeley from the General Post Office stating the prisoner should not be sent out of the country; he should be made an example of in order to deter others from similar crimes. Additional Information: On board York hulk; now on Lady Feversham about to sail for N S W. |
| Date: | 1830 Mar 29 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | Co 48 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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