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Appeals. Letters to Queen Victoria asking her to show mercy and to commute the sentences...

Catalogue reference: HO 45/4054

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Reference
HO 45/4054
Date
1852
Description

Appeals.

Letters to Queen Victoria asking her to show mercy and to commute the sentences of the following from execution to transportation beyond the seas for the term of their natural lives: George Bain, Meshach Merrington, George Simkin, William Cartmel, Abraham Sudds, Sarah Alice Bywater.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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