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Catalogue reference: CO 137/111
Date: 1804 Jan-June
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Reports the commutation of the sentence of death to Walter James Sherry for the murder...
Catalogue reference: CO 137/542/16
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- CO 137/542/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890 Jan 23
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Reports the commutation of the sentence of death to Walter James Sherry for the murder of David Johnson to penal servitude for life.
Governor Henry A Blake, No. 33, folios 128-149
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 2899/1890
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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