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Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/23/1
Date: 1792
Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
Item
Report of Robert Alderson, Recorder of Ipswich on 1 collective petition (36 people...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/50/36
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1812 Nov 7
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Report of Robert Alderson, Recorder of Ipswich on 1 collective petition (36 people of Ipswich, Suffolk) on behalf of John Ranson, sawyer convicted at Suffolk Quarter Sessions held at Ipswich on 23 September 1812 of stealing half a 'furkin' of butter, value £3, and 50lbs of lead, value 4/- on 5 July 1812 and 25 July 1812, from a vessel, property of Edward Studd. There is a covering letter to the petition from T S Ashton, solicitor. Grounds for clemency: wishes to serve in one of HM Forces and has a family in distress. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: no mercy as the prisoner was known to be part of a gang of thieves. The recorder expects petitions to come from the other members of the gang, Garwood, Gladdery, Doaves and Haywood. Folios 231-234.
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- English
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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