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HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
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Folios 491-492. Letter from William Chamberlayne [Treasury Solicitor] at Worcester...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/19/184
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This record is about the Folios 491-492. Letter from William Chamberlayne [Treasury Solicitor] at Worcester... dating from 1791 Aug 10 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Folios 491-492. Letter from William Chamberlayne [Treasury Solicitor] at Worcester Assizes reporting the trials before the Lord Chief Baron [Sir James Eyre] of Thomas Cooly (acquitted), Robert Cook (convicted), Mary Cox and William Rice (both acquitted), indicted for crimes committed in Worcestershire during the Birmingham riots. Although Rice had been acquitted of robbery, Chamberlayne had had him detained and transferred to Warwickshire, where there was a strong case against him. Eyre would be making a report on Cook's case for Government, in the meantime leaving him for execution. Chamberlayne would now proceed to Warwick to prepare for the trials of Warwickshire cases.
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