Prison Sentence Remittances.

Return of prisoners whose sentences have been remitted either in whole or in part by His Exellency the Governor from January 1860 to 1862;

Extracted from the Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives. Data was entered to thejournals and signed by Micaiah Reed, Warden:

Name	Sentence Expire Date	Pardon take effect date	Court Sentenced	Original Term	Comments
Paku Tanira	4-6-1862	30-1-1860	Ahuriri	6 yrs	Pardoned for having helped officers of the gaol at the time of the outbreak 4- April 1859.
Charles Straker	Death	30-1-1860	Supreme	Death	A petition numerously signed by the inhabitants of Wellington was forwarded to his excellency. Commuted to penal servitude for life (see further pardon at later date)
Thomas Gorman	12-4-1861	9-11-1860	Supreme	4 yrs	A petition was forwarded by the prisoners of the gaol, their conduct reported upon by him as good; also reported upon by the judge of the Supreme Court
William Madden	7-4-1862	30-8-1860	Military Court Martial	4 years	A petition was forwarded by the prisoners of the gaol, their conduct reported upon by him as good; also reported upon by the judge of the Supreme Court
Robert Kidd	30-5-1861	13-4-1861	Supreme	1.5yr	A petition was forwarded by the prisoners of the gaol, their conduct reported upon by him as good; also reported upon by the judge of the Supreme Court
John Hughes	1-6-1862	15-4-1862	Supreme	6 mths	A petition was forwarded by the prisoners of the gaol, their conduct reported upon by him as good; also reported upon by the judge of the Supreme Court
David Marshall	with his death	13-5-1862	Supreme	Life	A petition was forwarded by the prisoners of the gaol, their conduct reported upon by him as good; also reported upon by the judge of the Supreme Court
Patrick Cullen	with his death	13-5-1862	Supreme	Life	Senenced to 10 years penal servitude 1-9-1856; also sentenced to 12 calendar months from expiration of previous sentence 7-6-1858; and sentenced to penal servitude for life on 14-6-1859.
William Darley	24-7-1867	13-5-1862	Supreme	9.5 yrs	Reccomended for pardon by WW TAylor & W Lyon Esqrs. Visiting Justices of the Wellington Gaol. Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 25-1-1858; again sentenced to 6 months imprisonment 1-3-1859 and agan sentenced to 6 year penal servitude 14-6-1859
Benjamin Stringer	24-7-1867	13-5-1862	Supreme	9.5 yrs	Reccomended for pardon by WW TAylor & W Lyon Esqrs. Visiting Justices of the Wellington Gaol. Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 25-1-1858; again sentenced to 6 months imprisonment 1-3-1859 and agan sentenced to 6 year penal servitude 14-6-1859
James Kelly	21-6-1867	13-5-1862	Supreme	9.3yrs	First sentenced to 15 months imprisonment with hard labour. Again sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour. and again sentenced June 1859 to 6 years penal servitude
John D'Arcy	7-2-1865	13-5-1862	Military Court Matrial & Supreme Court	Life + 1 year	Sentence of Military Court Martial commuted to 10 years penal servitude in 1857 and on 7-6-1858 prisoner was sentenced by Supreme court to one year imprisonment with hard labour.
John Straker	30-11-1865	13-5-1862	Supreme	6 yrs
Charles Straker	with his death	8-5-1862	Supreme	Death	Commuted to penal servitude for ? years from 24-1-1860; and again commuted to 7 years penal servitude 8-5-1862
James Gaffney	with his death	8 May 1862	Supreme	Life	Commuted to 4 years imprisonment with hard labour 17-2-1858; again sentenced to penal servitude for life 14-6-1859 - this sentence commuted to 7 years penal servitude on and from 8 May 1862.
Richard Gale	28-2-1863	21-7-1862	Supreme	2 yrs	Petition forwarded through warden of gaol to the Judge of the Supreme Court