Record revealed
The Geneva Convention, 1949
This document sets out the laws its signatory nations agreed to follow around the treatment of prisoners of war, those in medical need, and civilians.
Series
Home Office: Judges' and Recorders' Returns
Catalogue reference: HO 6
What's it about?
HO 6
Returns by judges and recorders of convicted persons recommended for mercy, lists of convicts, letters from governors of convict prisons, etc.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Judges' and Recorders' Returns
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1816-1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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Returns by judges and recorders of convicted persons recommended for mercy, lists of convicts, letters from governors of convict prisons, etc.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Home Office, Criminal Department, 1793-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8870/
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