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Letter sent under instruction from the Recorder of London. A report cannot be sent...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/9/36

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This record is about the Letter sent under instruction from the Recorder of London. A report cannot be sent... dating from 1789 Aug 21 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/9/36
Date
1789 Aug 21
Description

Letter sent under instruction from the Recorder of London. A report cannot be sent at present as the presiding judge, Mr Justice Ashurst, is absent. This being the case a transcript from the short-hand notes taken at the trial is enclosed. The transcript concerns Richard Manley, journeyman bookbinder, indicted on 23 May, for stealing 7 printed bound books, value 20/-, property of Thomas Cadell, bookshop keeper, on 23 May 1789 (same day). Evidences supplied by Thomas Cardell, William Davis, servant to Cardell; Archibald Ruthwin and the prisoner. The books were: 4 volumes of Pope's Homer, The Triumph of Temper, Blair's Geography and Dr. Gregory's Father's Legacy. The prisoner was found with the books on him and admitted guilt. Folios 137-140. See also HO 47/9/89, folios 336-337.

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See also HO 47/9/89, folios 336-337.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9003009/

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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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