Catalogue description Prisoner name: Mordecai Moses . Prisoner age: 56 (or 64). Court and date of trial: Old...

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Details of HO 17/28/138
Reference: HO 17/28/138
Description:

Prisoner name: Mordecai Moses.

Prisoner age: 56 (or 64).

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions December 1835.

Crime: Forgery.

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character etc not known, married, four children.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): The convict and 27 people.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; duped by artful men; dependent family; ill health (rupture).

Additional Information: Ordered to Leviathan. In Newgate gaol. Convicted with others for forgeries on the Austrian and Polish banks

Date: [1836]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Cw 38
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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