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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 Beaumont Hotham on Thomas Smith on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/12
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This record is about the Report of Beaumont Hotham on Thomas Smith on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on... dating from 1792 Mar 23 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/14/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1792 Mar 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of Beaumont Hotham on Thomas Smith on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas Smith, convicted under the 'Black Act' at the Kent Assizes at Maidstone, for an attempted highway robbery on Mr Hinchman and shooting at Benjamin Winckworth on the Dartford Road. Grounds for clemency: no property was taken (no robbery occurred), has a wife and child now grieving and promises future good behaviour. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: no mercy. Folios 87-90.
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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 on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9175376/
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HO 47
Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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