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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 1 individual petition (Mary Barker,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/46
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This record is about the Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (Mary Barker,... dating from 1790 Aug 10 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 10
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (Mary Barker, prisoner's mother) on behalf of Thomas Barker, convicted at the 'last' session at the Old Bailey[?] for stealing a silk handkerchief, value 2/-, property of James Hobby, at Moorfields in St. Leonard's, Shorditch in Middlesex. Evidences supplied by James Hobby and the prisoner. Grounds for clemency: youth (12 years), was fatherless, was innocent (only picked up the handkerchief), first offence, recommended to mercy by the court and prosecutor, there was a witness (a soldier) who was on duty at the time of the trial and not able to give evidence, was now ill (in prison) and lacked nourishment, mother was a poor widow and unable to provide for him in prison, mother also felt grief and is ashamed of these events. Initial sentence: not given. Recommendation: to enlist in HM. Navy and to find sureties for good behaviour for the time equal to remainder of his sentence.
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Folios 186-189.
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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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