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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (Betty...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/45

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This record is about the Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (Betty... dating from 1790 Aug 9 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/12/45
Date
1790 Aug 9
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (Betty Dowling, from Soho in Middlesex) on behalf of Richard Rowell, convicted at the Old Bailey[?] in May 1789, for a burglary in the house Betty Dowling, shopkeeper, and stealing tooth picks (or tooth pick cases), value 18/- (elsewhere 2/6). Evidences supplied by Betty Dowling, John Eldridge and the prisoner. Grounds for clemency: youth (15 years), family devastated ('wretched' and 'deplorable') by the sentence, crime was committed by a gang of which he was the most 'Innocent' (receiver), first offence, willing to serve in HM. Navy and very much this was wished for by the prosecutrix. Initial sentence: transportation. Recommendation: no mercy.

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Folios 182-185.

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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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