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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 Henniker junior on 2 collective petitions (15 people; and 39 people,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/94
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- HO 47/12/94
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790 Jan 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of John Henniker junior on 2 collective petitions (15 people; and 39 people, including churchwardens, overseers of the poor and others of Waltham Holy Cross in Essex) and 1 individual petition (James Howard, previous employer, from Walthamstow in Essex) on behalf of Carolina Briggs, convicted at the 'last' Epiphany Essex/Chelmsford Quarter Sessions, on (or around) 13 February 1790, for stealing clothes, value 21/-, property of John Lane of Sewardstone, her employer, on 3 January 'last'. There is also a letter from John Dawes enclosing the petitions. The letter from the Home Office had been sent to Chelmsford and so took some time to reach Mr Henniker. Grounds for clemency: youth (17 years), previous good character, if the petitioners had given character references in court the sentence would have been likely to be less severe, she is not a hardened criminal, is penitent, and for the grief and distress of her parents and 12 siblings. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: mercy, 'upon such condition of other punishment in this Kingdom as his Majesty may seem proper'.
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Folios 357-364.
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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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