Prisoner name(s): Richard Kennett. Prisoner age: 18 or 21. Court and date of trial: Hythe …

Description: Prisoner name(s): Richard Kennett. Prisoner age: 18 or 21. Court and date of trial: Hythe [Kent] Gaol Delivery, July 1831. Crime: Stealing a horse, the property of John Sedgwick of Hythe. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to 14 years transportation. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): 34 inhabitants of Hythe and neighbourhood, including the mayor, justices, the foreman of the jury, the prisoner's former employers and John Sedgwick, the prosecutor. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is a young, hard working man; he pleaded guilty to this his first offence; he was induced to commit the crime by a notoriously bad character; his widowed mother and former employers testify to his good character.

Date: 30/07/1831

Last import: September 11, 2017