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Certificate/memorial of Beaumont Hotham and Nash Grose on prisoners capitally convicted...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/6/89

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HO 47/6/89
Date
[1787]
Description

Certificate/memorial of Beaumont Hotham and Nash Grose on prisoners capitally convicted on the 'last' Oxford Circuit, but 'some favourable Circumstances' appeared on/after their trial now recommended to mercy on the conditions set against their names

Berkshire Assizes at Reading

1. Thomas Court, for stealing a horse. 7 years transportation.

James Gibbard, for robbery. 7 years transportation.

2. John Ashby, for being an accessory to the robbery committed by James Gibbard (above). 7 years transportation.

Worcestershire Assizes at Worcester

3. John Aston, for sheep stealing. 7 years transportation.

Shropshire Assizes at Shrewsbury

4. Thomas alias David Roberts alias Webster, for horse stealing. 7 years transportation.

5. Henry Foulk, for being at large before previous sentence of transportation had expired. 7 years transportation.

Thomas Holland, for highway robbery. 7 years transportation.

6. Joseph Walters, for stealing a calf. 1 year in prison.

Isaac Pedley, for stealing above 40/- from a dwelling house. Free pardon.

7. George Vernon, for sheep stealing. Free pardon.

Monmouthshire Assizes at Monmouth

8. Thomas Gilbert and William Jenkins, for stealing mares. 7 years transportation.

Berkshire Assizes at Reading

9. Robert Crumplon, for highway robbery. 7 years transportation.

William Garrett, for being at large before his sentence of transportation had expired. 7 years transportation.

Staffordshire Assizes at Stafford

10. William Smith, for picking a pocket. 7 years transportation.

11. Isaac Williams alias Thomas Horeditch alias William Allis, for stealing a mare. 7 years transportation.

12. John Owen, for sheep stealing. 7 years transportation.

13. Joseph Rose, for sheep stealing. Free pardon.

Herefordshire Assizes at Hereford

14. Luke Mapp, for sheep stealing. transported for life.

Gloucestershire Assizes at Gloucester

15. James Murphy, Arman Hudson and Thomas Spencer, for highway robbery. Transported for life.

16. Henry Gardiner, for stealing woollen cloth from racks and tenters. 7 years transportation.

17. James Cleaver, for burglary. 7 years transportation.

18. David Jones alias James and William Watkins, for sheep stealing. 7 years transportation.

19. William Brookes alias Jones, for stealing cattle. Transported for life.

20. Hugh Pincot and Thomas Parker, for robbery from a dwelling house. Transported for life.

Related material

Folios 303-304.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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