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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 James Eyre on 2 collective petitions (3 people, minister and churchwardens...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/4/43
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This record is about the Report of James Eyre on 2 collective petitions (3 people, minister and churchwardens... dating from 1786 June 19 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/4/43
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786 June 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of James Eyre on 2 collective petitions (3 people, minister and churchwardens of St. James Bath, Somerset, and 83 people also of St. James) on behalf of Decima Chapple convicted at the 'last' Somerset Assizes at Taunton, for receiving from Thomas Frosser/Prosser (since executed), some stocks[?] and a pair of silk stockings, property ofJohn Coartney. Grounds for clemency: age (66 years), of simple mind and ignorant of the criminal content of her actions, previous good character, has always lived in the Parish of St James, Bath, and always known to be honest and inoffensive. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Recommendation: speaks against mercy and states that if mercy is extended it should not be a free pardon. Annotated, 'no alteration to the present sentence'.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 242-247.
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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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