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Folios 203 - 204. Copy of the petition for mercy of Walter Mitchell, aged 17 years,...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/88/1/203

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This record is about the Folios 203 - 204. Copy of the petition for mercy of Walter Mitchell, aged 17 years,... dating from 1746 Oct 11 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/88/1/203
Date
1746 Oct 11
Description

Folios 203 - 204. Copy of the petition for mercy of Walter Mitchell, aged 17 years, student of the University of Aberdeen [Aberdeenshire], taken prisoner by the [Jacobite] rebels from his family home in Buchan [Aberdeenshire] by Lord Pitsligo's men, imprisoned in Montrose [Angus], and now a prisoner in New Gaol in Southwark [Surrey] convicted of high treason. He pleaded not guilty at trial, but could not prove the [Jacobite] rebels had continued to use force to keep him, and so was found guilty. Filed with:

Folios SP 36/88/2/1-2. The petition of Walter Mitchell to the Lord Chief Justice [Sir William Lee].

Folio 3. The petition of Walter Mitchell to the King.

Folio 4. Certificate in favour of Walter Mitchell's good character, signed by William Duff, Minister of King Edward parish [Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 229 - 235
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15844108/

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