prisoner Inverness 1852 under sentence of transportation
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prisoner Inverness 1852 under sentence of transportation
Can anyone help? I am trying to trace what happened to a prisoner by the name of Peter Stewart.
He was tried in Inverness High Court in April 1852, and subsequently sentenced to 7 years transportation. I can find no record of him being transported, so I suspect that the sentence was never carried out. (he was probably around 50 years old at the time). He certainly never returned to his family, so I'm guessing he either died in prison, or was indeed transported, but I don't know where. His co-accused were sentenced to 1 year each in Dingwall prison.
I have copies of the trial papers, but none of them state what happened to the prisoner after the trial.
Any ideas?
He was tried in Inverness High Court in April 1852, and subsequently sentenced to 7 years transportation. I can find no record of him being transported, so I suspect that the sentence was never carried out. (he was probably around 50 years old at the time). He certainly never returned to his family, so I'm guessing he either died in prison, or was indeed transported, but I don't know where. His co-accused were sentenced to 1 year each in Dingwall prison.
I have copies of the trial papers, but none of them state what happened to the prisoner after the trial.
Any ideas?