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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
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Report of Mr Justice John Bayley on 2 individual petitions (J Bennett and David Banham,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/70/10
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This record is about the Report of Mr Justice John Bayley on 2 individual petitions (J Bennett and David Banham,... dating from 1826 Dec 2 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/70/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826 Dec 2
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Report of Mr Justice John Bayley on 2 individual petitions (J Bennett and David Banham, prosecutor) on behalf of Samuel Harvey, aged 17, convicted at the Summer Norwich Assizes, Norfolk, of highway robbery on the 24th May 1826. He was charged with stealing 2 sovereigns, 1 crown, 2 half crowns, 2 shillings, and 1 sixpence from David Banham of Newton, Norfolk. Harvey is currently on the Leviathan hulk at Portsmouth. Character reference for Harvey endorsed by John Harbord; Thomas Macke; William Walpole; George Goodrick; William Browne; and James Smith, all citizens of the parish of St Giles, Norwich. Evidences supplied by David Banham; Elizabeth Everett, of Crook's Place, Norwich; Elizabeth Middleton; and Jemima Bayley. Grounds for clemency: prosecutor identified the wrong man. Sentence: 14 years transportation. Recommendation: speaks against mercy. Folios 199-205.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10127408/
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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