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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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A certificate/memorial of John Skynner and William Henry Ashhurst concerning several...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/6/87
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- HO 47/6/87
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1787 Nov 28
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A certificate/memorial of John Skynner and William Henry Ashhurst concerning several convicts sentenced on Norfolk Assizes and sentenced to death 'some favourable Circumstances' appeared on/after their trial and they are now recommended to mercy.
Buckinghamshire Assizes at Buckingham, 24 July 1787
1. Thomas Foster, for sheep stealing. 7 years transportation.
Bedfordshire Assizes at Bedford, 27 July 1787
2. William Saunders, for sheep stealing. 7 years transportation.
Suffolk Assizes at Bury St. Edmunds, 3 August 1787
3. John Lockwood, for stealing £18:5:0 from a dwelling house. 2 years hard labour in the house of correction.
4. George Sharman, for sheep stealing. 2 years hard labour in the house of correction.
Norfolk Assizes at Norwich Castle, 4 August 1787
James Askoe, for stealing a gelding. 14 years transportation.
5. Henry Stannard the elder, for sheep stealing. 7 years transportation.
Norwich City (Norfolk) Guildhall, on 7 August 1787
6. Oliver Smith, for burglary. 7 years transportation.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 300-301.
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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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