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Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/23/1
Date: 1792
Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
Item
Report of William Ashhurst on 2 collective petition (2 people, prisoner and gaoler;...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/2/41
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1785 June 3
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of William Ashhurst on 2 collective petition (2 people, prisoner and gaoler; and 11 people including members of the Grand Jury, magistrates, vicar, army officer and a lawyer, on behalf of John Garner, of Lying near Market Dereham, Norfolk; convicted at the 'last' Essex Assizes at (both Thetford and Ilford are separately given as place of trial), for stealing 5 pigs, property of (James Dickens and John Diggens are separately given as victim) of Market Dereham, in October 1784. Grounds for clemency: previous good character, first offence and while in prison he had informed against other convicts planning to break out. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: free pardon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 148-150.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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