Catalogue description Prisoner name(s): Robert Kirkwood and James Kirkwood. Prisoner age: Robert Kirkwood...

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Details of HO 17/36/64
Reference: HO 17/36/64
Description:

Prisoner name(s): Robert Kirkwood and James Kirkwood.

Prisoner age: Robert Kirkwood aged 46 and James Kirkwood aged 20.

Prisoner occupation: Millwright (Robert Kirkwood).

Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes, August 1831 [or 6 March 1831].

Crime: Forgery (Robert Kirkwood); uttering forged notes (James Kirkwood).

Initial sentence: [Death], commuted to transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: Robert in custody before for forgery. Both very bad characters.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Robert Kirkwood and his son, James Kirkwood, the prisoners, undersigned by Sarah Kirkwood, [Robert Kirkwood's wife], and five other people.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): This is the prisoner's first offence; Robert Kirkwood has a wife and ten children dependent upon him.

Additional Information: Prisoners both tradesmen in Liverpool [Lancashire] at time of crime.

Date: [1831]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: EQ9
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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