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Report of Lord Loughborough on Christopher Theddle, convicted at the Essex[?] Assizes,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/4/47
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This record is about the Report of Lord Loughborough on Christopher Theddle, convicted at the Essex[?] Assizes,... dating from 1786 Aug 4 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/4/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786 Aug 4
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Report of Lord Loughborough on Christopher Theddle, convicted at the Essex[?] Assizes, for a burglary in the house of William Comyns. Grounds for clemency: previous good character provided by decent people, on being apprehended the prisoner had confessed and had 'discovered' his accomplices, no aggravating circumstances and the prosecutor was anxious to solicit a pardon. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: mercy; the judge comments that 'I am sorry to add that there will be no want of instances upon the present Circuit to demonstrate the rigour of the Law & perhaps of the judge'.
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Folios 267-269.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 47
Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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