Item
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 Edward Willes on James Halyburton, convicted at the Derbyshire Assizes...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/4/50
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This record is about the Report of Edward Willes on James Halyburton, convicted at the Derbyshire Assizes... dating from 1786 Aug 27 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/4/50
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786 Aug 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of Edward Willes on James Halyburton, convicted at the Derbyshire Assizes of the rape of Millicent Smith, wife of Charles Smith, farmer, on 26 July. An earlier letter states that the prisoner has been respited to allow time for the receipt and consideration of this report. Smith had been married for 19 years, had 8 children and was pregnant with another. She was returning from Wirksworth when she was stopped on the road. Evidences supplied by Millicent Smith, Elizabeth Wayne/Wagner and Captains Cox and Pratt. Grounds for clemency: was innocent and of previous good character who had been a brave and useful soldier in their Regiment for 6 years, 4 as a common soldier and 2 as corporal. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: although he 'would not wish to prevent his majesty shewing mercy to a brave soldier' [but] 'I cannot venture to recommend him'.
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Folios 281-286.
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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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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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Report of Edward Willes on James Halyburton, convicted at the Derbyshire Assizes...
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