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Report of Mr Jones, on 1 individual petition (prisoner), on behalf of John Morris,...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/70/8

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This record is about the Report of Mr Jones, on 1 individual petition (prisoner), on behalf of John Morris,... dating from 1826 Nov 13 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/70/8
Date
1826 Nov 13
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Report of Mr Jones, on 1 individual petition (prisoner), on behalf of John Morris, convicted at the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions in April 1826 of assaulting John Peddings. Morris pleaded guilty to the crime. Grounds for clemency: the prosecutor has absconded; Morris had no means of employing an advocate to defend him; he has a wife and a child of 12 months who need his support. Evidences supplied by John Peddings; David Thomas, surgeon; William Morgan; and Henry Williams. Sentence: 18 months imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction for the County of Carmarthen. Recommendation: none given. Folios 187-193.

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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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