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Maureen Withey on 21st January 2026

A Criminal Petition was made on behalf of Thomas Donachy. ----------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/6/15 1822 May Prisoner name: Thomas Donachy. Prisoner details: Aged 21 years, carter of [Glasgow]. Court and date of trial: Glasgow Spring Circuit Court of Justiciary [April] 1822. Crime: Theft of 'small' items from a Mrs McLean. Initial sentence: Death. Execution date 5 June 1822. Annotated: '7 May 1822 Refused'. Petitioner(s): Thomas Donachy (the convict), undersigned by Henry Finlay (public procurator for the convict). Grounds for clemency: The smallness of the theft; he fell in with dissolute companions; he alone of the four convicts has been capitally sentenced; Mrs McLean [victim] and her daughter perjured themselves at the trial. Other papers: Letter from Henry Finlay transmitting the petition to the Home Department and indicating that Peter Donachy (convict's father) has applied to the MPs for the County of Armagh and City of Armagh [Ireland]. Additional Information: Convicted with Archibald Torrance, John Dick and Alexander Lowe who each received a sentence of 14 years transportation. A brief newspaper report of the sentences is affixed to the petition.

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Maureen Withey on 21st January 2026

https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-4.html Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History, Database of  Scottish Court records relating to Australian convicts.  John Dick, Weaver; Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow. son of John Dick, deceased, soldier on the first Regiment of Royal Scots; Tried Glagow, 24 Apr 1822, Transportation, 14 years; Per Commodore Hayes, April 1823, to Van Diemen’s Land. --------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/6/151822 May Prisoner name: Thomas Donachy. Prisoner details: Aged 21 years, carter of [Glasgow]. Court and date of trial: Glasgow Spring Circuit Court of Justiciary [April] 1822. Crime: Theft of 'small' items from a Mrs McLean. Initial sentence: Death. Execution date 5 June 1822. Annotated: '7 May 1822 Refused'. Petitioner(s): Thomas Donachy (the convict), undersigned by Henry Finlay (public procurator for the convict). Grounds for clemency: The smallness of the theft; he fell in with dissolute companions; he alone of the four convicts has been capitally sentenced; Mrs McLean [victim] and her daughter perjured themselves at the trial. Other papers: Letter from Henry Finlay transmitting the petition to the Home Department and indicating that Peter Donachy (convict's father) has applied to the MPs for the County of Armagh and City of Armagh [Ireland]. Additional Information: Convicted with Archibald Torrance, John Dick and Alexander Lowe who each received a sentence of 14 years transportation. A brief newspaper report of the sentences is affixed to the petition. -------------------------------------------------------------- Glasgow Circuit. Thomas Donachy, Archibald Torrance, Alexander Lowe, John Rankin, John Dick —various acts of housebreaking and theft. Glasgow Sentinel, 10 April 1822. Circuit Intelligence. Thomas Donachy, Archibald Torrance, John Dick, and Alexander Leve, all pleaded Guilty, except, Donachy. Caledonian Mercury, 27 April 1822.  The sentence of death was afterwards pronounced on Thomas Donnchy, convicted of housebreaking and theft; and his three accomplices, John Dick, Archibald Torrance, and Alex. Low, were sentenced to 14 years transportation. Perthshire Courier, 30 April 1822.