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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 William Mainwaring on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of John...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/109
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This record is about the Report of William Mainwaring on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of John... dating from 1790 Apr 9 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/12/109
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790 Apr 9
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of William Mainwaring on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of John Mathews, seaman, convicted (with Robert Walker and John Kitchen) at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions on 28 May 1784, for stealing lead, property of Thomas Hesketh, in St. Pancras in Middlesex. Evidences supplied by Richard temple, watchman and Edward Lee. The judge states that house breaking is common and that the 3 men 'were undoubtedly common Thieves'. Grounds for clemency: served his country in the West Indies and America on the St. Alban, has already served 6 years and 3 months in prison and is willing to enlist in HM. Navy. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: speaks against mercy.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Folios 428-431.
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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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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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