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Petition on behalf of Robert Henderson, apprentice hatter ('to Mr Abrahams... in...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/106

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This record is about the Petition on behalf of Robert Henderson, apprentice hatter ('to Mr Abrahams... in... dating from 1790 July in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/12/106
Date
1790 July
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Petition on behalf of Robert Henderson, apprentice hatter ('to Mr Abrahams... in Mansell Street Goodman's Field'), convicted at the Surrey Quarter Sessions at Guildford on 13 July 1790, for stealing a brass cock and a piece of leaden pipe, on 24 April 1790. The chairmen of the sessions was Lord Onslow. Grounds for clemency: youth (15 years) and inexperience, first offence, from a respectable family, fell into bad company who encouraged him in the crime and who then escaped, and he offers to enlist in the East India Company. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation.

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Folio 419.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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