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Folio 136. Petition of [Jacobite] George Hartley, aged 19, convicted of high treason....

Catalogue reference: SP 36/92/1/136

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This record is about the Folio 136. Petition of [Jacobite] George Hartley, aged 19, convicted of high treason.... dating from 1746 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/92/1/136

Date

1746

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Folio 136. Petition of [Jacobite] George Hartley, aged 19, convicted of high treason. Hartley pleads his innocence, producing witnesses who swore that he appeared to be an unwilling participant in the rebel army. Evidence for the prosecution: John Mackinson claimed that Hartley had been seen with the rebels [Jacobites] at Carlisle, although not with arms, and two further witnesses claimed he had been seen at Brindle and Preston with a gun and a white cockade.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Folios 130-131

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SP 36

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II

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