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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
Item
Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on William Hodges alias Rogers,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/42
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This record is about the Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on William Hodges alias Rogers,... dating from 1790 Aug 3 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)
- 1790 Aug 3
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on William Hodges alias Rogers, convicted at the Old Bailey in October 1786, for stealing 5 printed books (The Chinese Traveller, 2 volumes, and 3 volumes of Addison's Miscellanies), value 5/-, property of Richard Floyer, bookseller, on 7-9 October 1786. Evidences supplied by Richard Floyer, Samuel Broderick, -- Dorrington and the prisoner. The prisoner had claimed he had been bound apprentice in Jamaica but had returned home for the good of his health. Grounds for clemency: had no money, was very hungry (stole the items to buy food/drink) and there were no circumstances of aggravation. Initial sentence: not given. Recommendation: if a seaman to enlist in HM Navy, if not to enlist in HM Army, and to find sureties for good behaviour for the time equal to remainder of his sentence.
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Folios 174-175.
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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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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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