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Letter from W. Mainwaring, Hanover Square, to Evan Nepean, on several letters received...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/50

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This record is about the Letter from W. Mainwaring, Hanover Square, to Evan Nepean, on several letters received... dating from 1784 Feb 21 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/3/50
Date
1784 Feb 21
Description

Letter from W. Mainwaring, Hanover Square, to Evan Nepean, on several letters received from a prisoner named Potter, convicted on 2 March 1783, disputing that his term of sentence has expired. Mainwaring has clarified the situation by informing that the prisoner's sentence does not expire until 2 March 1784. The papers will be at hand when the time arrives for Potter to be released. Grounds for clemency: none. Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment and to pay a fine of £500. Recommendation: not to be released before term of sentence expires.

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Folios 158-159.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9002785/

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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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