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Report of Francis Burton, Deputy Recorder of Oxford, on Ann Edwards, convicted at...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/76

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This record is about the Report of Francis Burton, Deputy Recorder of Oxford, on Ann Edwards, convicted at... dating from 1785 Feb 11 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/3/76
Date
1785 Feb 11
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Report of Francis Burton, Deputy Recorder of Oxford, on Ann Edwards, convicted at the last Michaelmas sessions, for a grand larceny. Grounds for clemency: the judge received verbal representation from the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford in favour of the prisoner and that she has behaved remarkably well under the sentence. Initial sentence: privately whipped and confined to 6 months of hard labour in the house of correction. Recommendation: to provide sureties for good behaviour for 12 months.

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Folios 248-249.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9002811/

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