CO129-504-3 Ex-Gunner James Element- passage home after release from civilian prison etc. 24-3-1927 - 12-12-1927 — Page 11

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Any communication on the subject of this letter should be addressed to:-

THE UNDER Secretary of State,

HOME OFFICE,

LONDON, S.W. 1,

and the following number quoted :—

486,319/15.

sir,

NATIONAL

CHEME

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HOME OFFICE,

IVED

25 MAR 1927

COOL. OFFICE

WHITEHALL.

24th March 1927.

With reference to your letter of 25th May, 1926, (C.F.

2924/26), and previous correspondence relating to the case of

the prisoner James Element, I am directed by Secretary Sir

William Joynson-Hicks to transmit to you in original for

return) a petition from the prisoner praying for a reduction

of his sentence. A report on the convict's health is enclosed.

As regards the alleged serious illness of the prisoner's

father, I m to say that the case is not one in which Sir

William Joyns on-Hicks would think reduction of the prisoner's

sentence justifiable on such a ground, and that subject to any

observations Mr. Amery may wish to offer, he proposes to have

the prisoner informed that his petition has been fully

considered, but his request cannot be granted.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient servant,

The Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

Morke

CPH.