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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 John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 2 individual petitions (prisoner...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/9/62
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This record is about the Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 2 individual petitions (prisoner... dating from 1789 Sept 28 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/9/62
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1789 Sept 28
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 2 individual petitions (prisoner and J Nichols, printer), and 2 collective petitions (5 local traders from Southwark in Surrey, occupations given; and 11 members of the Middlesex Jury) on behalf of James Dawes convicted at the Old Bailey, in January 1789, for a highway robbery and stealing a gold watch, chain, 2 cornelian seals, a silk purse and 23 guineas, property of John Bellingham. The prisoner was caught in a crowd near Drury Lane. Evidences supplied by John Bellingham and ----- Macmanus, constable or law officer[?]. Grounds for clemency: judge considered this 'but a slight case against the Prisoner', willing to transport himself, previous good character, first offence and the trial jury supported his petition. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: to give security to transport himself for 7 years. Folios 209-214. See also HO 47/9/50, folios 182-183.
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See also HO 47/9/50, folios 182-183.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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