Author Topic: Can I find what happened to convict James Smith?  (Read 590 times)

Offline iluleah

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Re: Can I find what happened to convict James Smith?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 09 June 21 13:09 BST (UK) »
He was on the Leviathan hulk at Portsmouth.  There were quite a few prisoners on the hulk that were given free pardons many years after trial.  I think that Findmypast has some indexes of petitions for mitigation of sentences.

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Re: Can I find what happened to convict James Smith?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 09 June 21 13:28 BST (UK) »
Thanks, this is very interesting. My own criminal ancestor and his brother were sentenced to transportation in the 1840’s and spent time on the same “Leviathan” at Portsmouth as James Smith. They were never transported, but it seems that this was quite common by this time. They also were pardoned and released early, but certainly they served more of their sentences than James Smith appears to have done. I’ll follow the leads and see if I can find why he was released so soon.

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