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Certificate/memorial of William Henry Ashhurst, on prisoners capitally convicted...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/124

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HO 47/3/124
Date
1785 June 15
Description

Certificate/memorial of William Henry Ashhurst, on prisoners capitally convicted on the Norfolk Circuit, reprieved because of 'favourable circumstances appearing' at their trials and recommended for mercy on the conditions set against their names:

Buckinghamshire Assizes at Aylesbury in March

1. Robert Jenkinson, for stealing a mare, recommended to 7 years transportation.

Bedfordshire Assizes at Bedford in March

2. Joseph Frazier, for sheep stealing, recommended to 7 years transportation.

Cambridgeshire Assizes at Cambridge in March

3. Henry King, for stealing monies, value £7:7:0, in a dwelling house, recommended to transportation for life.

Norfolk Assizes at Thetford in March

4. John Clamp and Joseph Buttifant, for sheep stealing, recommended to 7 years transportation.

5. John Flint, for stealing a mare, recommended to 7 years transportation.

Suffolk Assizes at Bury St. Edmunds in March

6. Thomas Jacobs and Henry Nunn alias Cooke, for stealing a mare, recommended to 7 years transportation.

Related material

Folios 362-363.

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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/C9002859/

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Certificate/memorial of William Henry Ashhurst, on prisoners capitally convicted...

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