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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 Mr C. Kirby, Recorder of Southampton, on Mary Purkess convicted at Southampton...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/97
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This record is about the Report of Mr C. Kirby, Recorder of Southampton, on Mary Purkess convicted at Southampton... dating from 1790 April 26 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 47/12/97
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790 April 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of Mr C. Kirby, Recorder of Southampton, on Mary Purkess convicted at Southampton in Hampshire, for stealing 1 gold ring, property of Rosannah Talbot. Grounds for clemency: error in the indictment, the prisoner (being a married woman) was incapable of owning such property (even her own wedding ring) and the indictment should have read that the ring was her husband's property. Initial sentence: not given. Recommendation: pardon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 373-374.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9021239/
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HO 47
Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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