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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 Mr Sergeant Kirby/Kerby on William Hobson, servant to Mrs Ball, convicted...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/8/25
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This record is about the Report of Mr Sergeant Kirby/Kerby on William Hobson, servant to Mrs Ball, convicted... dating from 1789 May 6 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/8/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1789 May 6
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of Mr Sergeant Kirby/Kerby on William Hobson, servant to Mrs Ball, convicted at the 'last' quarter[?] sessions for Southampton in Hampshire, for obtaining half a pound of tapioca by false pretences, property of William Phine, shopkeeper, on 10 November 1788. Grounds for clemency: the judge was unhappy at the trial as to whether the indictment fell within the terms of the act (30th Geo II) and after consultation with others judge there was an agreement this was not so (prisoner had been in prison for 3 months). Initial sentence: not given. Recommendation: immediate discharge.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 94-95.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8999743/
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HO 47
Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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