Henry Jordan

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Maureen Withey on 1st June 2023

National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/100/114. Date: 1836 Aug. Prisoner name: Henry Jordan alias Samuel Wilding. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial: Beccles Quarter Sessions, Suffolk, June 1836. Crime: Horse stealing. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Gaoler's report: 'Dishonest character'. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): 29 inhabitants of Lavenham, Suffolk. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner is from honest family; prisoner was led astray by his unscrupulous Master. Additional Information: Prisoner ordered to Ganymede hulk ship. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Detained AT BECCLES, SUFFOLK, supposed to have been Stolen, Good-Shaped BROWN MARE PONY, In good condition, under 13 hands high, very quiet and about 10 or 12 years old, she has black legs, a few grey hairs in the forehead and withers, and a very small white spot on the rear hind leg, and is a little saddle marked. An old BAY MARE PONY, also under 13 hands high, with black legs, and saddle marks on both sides. A good LUGGAGE CART on light steel springs, capped on wheels, an iron railed seat, the outside of the cart is painted green, the iron work black, and the inside and the bottom rails under the cart, a light blue. There are iron plates of about 2 feet under the shafts, and a plate appears to have been taken from the off-side of the cart with the Also, a Set of good Brass-mounted GIG HARNESS, and a Gig Apron which has been buttoned, and has pieces on both sides to enlarge it, blue cloth top with faded binding. The cart and harness are much too large for either of the ponies, and from the statement given, it is believed, a horse was lately exchanged for one of the ponies. The above property was found in the possession of three men, who, it is believed, came last from Bury, and have assumed different names, one of them has dark hair, full eyes, round face, and appears to be 22 or 23 years of age, he said he had been employed by horse dealers near Romford and he gave his name as Henry Jordan. Another is a very dark complexioned young man, with a long face and has a gipsy appearance, wears a white hat and velveteen coat, and now calls himself Edward Spooner. The third is a low young man, dark complexion and has one leg shorter than the other, they had several pawnbroker's duplicates, 4 of them in the name of Parnell for men's wearing apparel given by Amy Christie, of Ipswich, and Elizabeth Weston, of Bury another in the name. of Smith, Romford (supposed to be Spooner) for a chronometer pawned with C. Drake, Stowmarket, on 4th June instant. For particulars apply to James Larke, police officer, Beccles. The Three men are committed to Beccles Gaol on a charge of larceny. Ipswich Journal, 11 June 1836.