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Letter from Thomas Zouch concerning George Dent convicted at the Easter Yorkshire...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/12/116

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This record is about the Letter from Thomas Zouch concerning George Dent convicted at the Easter Yorkshire... dating from 1790 Oct 5 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/12/116
Date
1790 Oct 5
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Letter from Thomas Zouch concerning George Dent convicted at the Easter Yorkshire North Riding Quarter Sessions at North Allerton [Northallerton] in 1789. An earlier petition in favour of the prisoner had been presented. Zouch now states that although his was 1 of the signatures, he had now found that representations to him were false and after speaking with the chairman of the sessions the whole bench now agree the prisoner deserves no mercy. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: no mercy. Folios 467-468. See also HO 47/12/115, folios 463-464.

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See also HO 47/12/115, folios 463-464.

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letter from Thomas Zouch concerning George Dent convicted at the Easter Yorkshire...

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