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To His Excellency Major General

Bourke CB, Governor in Cheif [sic]

of New South Wales. &c ... &c ... &c.

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The Humble Petition of Mathew Jackson

a Prisoner of the Crown for Life

Respectfully Sheweth,

That Your Petitioner arrived in this Colony in the Ship Claudine in the Year 1829, and was Tried before a Bench of Magistrates at Penrith upon the 25th October 1831 upon a charge of Stealing Some wearing apparel in the dwelling House of Mr John Blaxland - and being convicted received a sentence of [underlined] (Transportation to a Penal Settlement for Three Years) ----

That the only evidence in Support of the prosecution was that of a Boy named Daniel King who stated himself to have been one of the persons who committed the robbery, and Petitioner knows of no reason for his false

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evidence upon his Trial, except a quarrel which took place between them some short time previous to the robbery being perpetrated ==

That Petitioner upon Trial received from his Master Mr James Rogers a most excellent character, a fact which he has no doubt will have due weight in Your Excellency's consideration of his case ==

That Petitioner implores Your Excellency to grant his case consideration, trusting that the result of such consideration will be a Mitigation of his present severe and undeserved Sentence ---

And Petitioner as in

duty Bound will ever pray

[signed, on right] Mathew Jackson

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Phoenix Hulk

6th April 1832

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