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Report of Richard Perryn on 1 individual petition (the prisoner) and 1 collective...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/2/45

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This record is about the Report of Richard Perryn on 1 individual petition (the prisoner) and 1 collective... dating from 1785 June 25 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/2/45
Date
1785 June 25
Description

Report of Richard Perryn on 1 individual petition (the prisoner) and 1 collective petition (3 people connected with St. Botolph's Church) on behalf of John Usher, convicted at the 'last' Kent Assizes at Maidstone for stealing a piece of linen, valued at 30/-, from a shop belonging to William Sloman of Greenwich. Grounds for clemency: youth (17 years), under the influence of older men who caused him to be intoxicated and carry out the crime, the evidence against him was falsely supplied by people seeking a financial reward for a capital conviction, and he would be willing to serve at sea. Initial sentence: transportation. Recommendation: no mercy.

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Folios 160-162.

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