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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 Edward Willes on John Fortune, convicted at the Yorkshire Assizes on 5...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/122
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This record is about the Report of Edward Willes on John Fortune, convicted at the Yorkshire Assizes on 5... dating from 1785 Apr 23 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1785 Apr 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of Edward Willes on John Fortune, convicted at the Yorkshire Assizes on 5 March 1785[?], for stealing linen cloth from a bleaching croft, value 1/-. Grounds for clemency: the prisoner had received some promise upon turning 'Evidence for the Crown' which led to his conviction and that of his accomplices. Initial sentence: death, reprieved. Recommendation: 7 years transportation.
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Folio 359.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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