Prisoner name: George Hide (or George Hyde) and James Watson. Prisoner details: Hide: 17 years …

Description: Prisoner name: George Hide (or George Hyde) and James Watson. Prisoner details: Hide: 17 years of age. Watson: a Quaker. Court and date of trial: Bedford Assizes March 1828. Crime: Burglary and robbery at the House of Brace of Southill, Bedfordshire. Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life. Petitioner(s): Hide: 64 inhabitants of Hitchin, Hertfordshire; prisoner with two certificates as to his good character. Watson: 29 signatories. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Hide: father died when he was six; no proper discipline; first offence; contrite; youth; good conduct whilst in New South Wales. Watson: first offence; mother good character; associating with bad characters. Other papers: Letter from James Stephen forwarding petition to Home Office. Letter Henry Wiles Vicar of Hitchin. Letter from J Garrow advising reprieve of Watson and Hide and law to take its course regarding John Lincoln. Letter from Joseph Niblock of Hitchin regarding petition. Certificates of good character for Hyde from his employer in Woodville, Hinton, New South Wales. Additional information: Hyde transported on the Albion, 1828. Burglary committed with John Lincoln.

Date: 11/03/1828 - 12/04/1842

Last import: September 11, 2017