Catalogue description 1 individual petition (E Cooke of Downing Street on behalf of Lord Camden) on behalf of...

1 individual petition (E Cooke of Downing Street on behalf of Lord Camden) on behalf of James Brown, captain's clerk of HMS Camilla, convicted on 23 August 1804 for forgery, uttering and publishing a bill of exchange in the name of William Clubb. Evidences supplied by John Traverse, James Murphy, William Elmes, John Moon, ships corporal of HMS Camilla; James Lane, the prisoner and Phillip Carey, gunner of HMS Camilla. Grounds for clemency: the sum involved was inconsiderable (£2:5:6), of 'general good character' and has 'lain in Gaol a very considerable period and may suffer much from Confinement in the depths of Winter'. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: transportation for life to New South Wales. There is an extract of a letter from Vice Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower to the Earl of Camden, mentioning the Clerk of the Supreme Courts report and 'comprehending the case of James Browne, Captain's Clerk of the Camilla' enclosing a summary of the complete sessions of Court of Assize and General Gaol Delivery held at the Court House, Saint John's, Newfoundland commencing on 20 August 1804 by Thomas Coote, Clerk Superintendent of the Court. There is a list of the 22 grand jury members, notes of the jury members selected for each trial and reports of the trials of James Brown and also the trials of: Catherine Brown, convicted on 21 August 1804 of the murder of John Brown (her husband). Evidences supplied by Nathan Parker, coroner; George Whitten, Thomas Mealy, Hannah Abserry alias Hannah Whitten, Patrick Cody, servant to Brown; Michael Oats, Joseph Whiteway, Samuel Codnor and the prisoner. The prisoner claimed that the victim had committed suicide by shooting himself. Initial sentence: death. Richard Nickells, convicted on 27 August 1804 of forgery, uttering and publishing a bill of exchange, purporting to have been drawn by him on Thomas Row & Son of Shaldon[?] for £25:7:7 Evidences supplied by Samuel Prowse, agent for Thomas Row & Son; John Row, William B Row, son of John Row; Samuel Codnor, John Butler and the prisoner. There is mention of John Brown and Catherine Brown in the evidence of William B. Row. Initial sentence: death. Folios 1-18.