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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
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Report of Beaumont Hotham on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/4/41
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This record is about the Report of Beaumont Hotham on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas... dating from 1786 June 16 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/4/41
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786 June 16
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of Beaumont Hotham on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas Barnsley, musician, convicted at the 'last' Berkshire Summer Assizes at Abingdon, for stealing a box of tea out of a waggon. The judge states that this type of crime is on the increase, that he has nothing to add to report made on the case several months ago and furthermore that given the convict's conduct at his trial and the evidence given against him he is 'a practiced London Thief'. Grounds for clemency: hints at his innocence (but prisoner declares that such claims are disregarded), his wife, elderly mother and younger members of his family that he previously supported will now will be reduced to penury. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation, currently on the Ceres at Woolwich. Recommendation: no mercy.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 237-239.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8999439/
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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