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CRIMINAL CASES: DONOVAN, George Thomas, TAYLOR, Percival Leonard and WEAVER, James:...

Catalogue reference: HO 45/25447

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HO 45/25447
Date
1928
Description

CRIMINAL CASES: DONOVAN, George Thomas, TAYLOR, Percival Leonard and WEAVER, James: convicted at Lewes on 13 July 1928 of murder and sentenced to death; sentences commuted to life imprisonment; subsequent publicity surrounding the case; attempts by WEAVER to prove that he was wrongfully convicted

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
506146/11-55
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Closed For 75 years
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4770597/

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HO 45

Home Office: Registered Papers

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