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Certificate/memorial from Lord Loughborough concerning Christopher Richards, convicted...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/3/125

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This record is about the Certificate/memorial from Lord Loughborough concerning Christopher Richards, convicted... dating from 1785 Feb 15 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/3/125
Date
1785 Feb 15
Description

Certificate/memorial from Lord Loughborough concerning Christopher Richards, convicted at the Bedfordshire Assizes at Bedford, on 11 July 1782 for stealing goods in a shop, value 8/-. Grounds for clemency: favourable circumstance represented on the prisoners behalf. Initial sentence: death, commuted to 5 years in the 'Land Service' (army) in Africa for 5 years. Recommendation: remission/ pardon of sentence.

Related material

Folios 364-365.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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