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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 William Henry Ashhurst on 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/4/60
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This record is about the Report of William Henry Ashhurst on 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective... dating from 1786 Sept 19 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/4/60
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786 Sept 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of William Henry Ashhurst on 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (4 people, including the mayor and mayor elect of Great Yarmouth and the foreman of the grand jury) on behalf of Thomas Black, of Great Yarmouth, convicted at the Norfolk Assizes at Norwich for a common larceny and stealing 3 bars of iron from a cargo ship wrecked off Great Yarmouth. The judge suspected the iron bars to be part of the cargo and not a part of the ship. There is also a covering letter/petition from H. Hobart. Grounds for clemency: of previous good character, spent his youth in the King's service, is old and infirm only stole to procure common necessities. Initial sentence: not given. Recommendation: free pardon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 350-354.
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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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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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