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Channel Islands; Prisons and Prisoners. Two letters from W Napier, Lieutenant Governor...
Catalogue reference: HO 45/1343
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This record is about the Channel Islands; Prisons and Prisoners. Two letters from W Napier, Lieutenant Governor... dating from 1846 Feb 25-1846 Mar 7 in the series Home Office: Registered Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 45/1343
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846 Feb 25-1846 Mar 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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Channel Islands; Prisons and Prisoners.
Two letters from W Napier, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, regarding the sending of officers to visit prisons. A letter transmitting a correspondence with Peter Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey, regarding certain orders allowing the governor to demand access for himself and his proper officers to all prisoners in gaols, stating that he send the captain of prisoners, under his authority to examine the health of prisoners in solitary confinement. He requests the opinion of the royal courts as to his right to send officers to the gaols.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5070714/
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Home Office: Registered Papers
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