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Report of Edward Willes on William Charles Reilly, convicted at the 'last' Lancashire...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/4/37

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HO 47/4/37
Date
8 May 1786
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Report of Edward Willes on William Charles Reilly, convicted at the 'last' Lancashire Assizes, for coining. Grounds for clemency: the prisoner's youth, previous good character and the uncertainty as to his involvement in the crime for which he was convicted and his being in the possession of shilling coin-dies. Evidences supplied by John Ball, watchman at Liverpool; Charles Maybrick, constable and Richard Franklin, Officer of the Mint. Although he later intervened the judge had initially considered that 'the Crime of Coinage was a matter for the Consideration of his Majesty's ministers, & that I ought not to interfere in my Judicial Capacity'. Grounds for clemency: youth (age not given), previous good character and that he could not have been much involved in coining as the two parts of the coin-dies were for different coins (the head for King William, the reverse for King George). Initial sentence: not given. Recommendation: reprieved only.

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Folios 225-228.

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Language
English
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