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Certificate/memorial of James Eyre, on those capitally convicted on the 'last' Midland...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/115

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This record is about the Certificate/memorial of James Eyre, on those capitally convicted on the 'last' Midland... dating from 1784 July 3 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/3/115
Date
1784 July 3
Description

Certificate/memorial of James Eyre, on those capitally convicted on the 'last' Midland Circuit Lent Assizes, reprieved on 'favourable circumstances' and recommended for mercy on the conditions set against their names:

Northamptonshire Assizes at Northampton

1. William Freeman and John Freeman, for highway robbery, recommended to 5 years hard labour on the River Thames.

2. William Taylor, for horse stealing and John Stanley for, stealing a Brown Mare, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames..

3. George Ward, for robbery in a dwelling house, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

4. John Smith, for sheep stealing, recommended to 3 years of hard labour on the River Thames.

5. Joseph Orlibar and Richard Nobles (the elder), for killing a sheep, recommended to 1 year hard labour on the River Thames.

Rutland Assizes at Oakham

6. Mark Rice, for stealing cows, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

Lincolnshire Assizes at Lincoln

7. Robert Preston, for horse stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

8. George Green, for stealing a mare and a foal, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

Nottinghamshire Assizes at Nottingham

9. Robert Brown and Mathew White, for highway robbery, recommended to 5 years of hard labour on the River Thames.

10. John Briggs, for burglary, recommended to 5 years hard labour on the River Thames.

11. Nathaniel Waters, for shoplifting, recommended to 1 years hard labour on the River Thames.

12. Thomas Blacknor, for burglary, recommended to 1 years hard labour in the house of correction.

Derbyshire Assizes at Derby

13. George Jackson, for sheep stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

14. George Limb and Thomas Wragg, convicted for horse stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

15. Thomas Arnold, for stealing a black mare, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

16. James Heath, on his own confession for sheep stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

17. Thomas Chapman, for burglary, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

Leicestershire Assizes at Leicester

18. Benjamin Parr, for stealing a brown mare, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

19. John Lunn, for stealing above the value of 40/- in a dwelling house, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

20. Thomas Everitt and John Everitt, for sheep stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

Borough of Leicester Assize

21. John Wooley, for horse stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

Warwickshire Assizes at Warwick

22. William Frost, for burglary, recommended to 5 years hard labour on the River Thames.

23. John Sheers, for shoplifting, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

24. Thomas Farmer and John Bentley, convicted for horse stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

25. William Corbett, for stealing cows, recommended to 3 years of hard labour on the River Thames.

26. Thomas Copp and George Clark alias Mills, for sheep stealing, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

27. Thomas Burrows, for stealing a brown mare, recommended to 3 years hard labour on the River Thames.

Related material

Folios 345-346.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9002850/

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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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