Prisoner name: John Davies (or John Davis ). Prisoner age: 17 or 18. Court and …

Description: Prisoner name: John Davies (or John Davis ). Prisoner age: 17 or 18. Court and date of trial: Hampshire Lent Assizes, February 1837. Crime: Stealing four fowls. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Gaoler's report: Character not known. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): 26 inhabitants of Ringwood and neighbourhood, Hampshire, and Henry Taylor of Southampton, the prisoner's former employer. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is young; this is his first offence; his father deserted his wife and large family leaving them 'to shift for themselves'. Additional Information: Prisoner from Ringwood. Held in Winchester gaol then on board Leviathan hulk.

Date: 08/03/1837

Last import: September 11, 2017