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3 individual petitions (prisoner, Mary Miles and John Butler) and 1 collective petition...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/17

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This record is about the 3 individual petitions (prisoner, Mary Miles and John Butler) and 1 collective petition... dating from 1792 April in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/14/17
Date
1792 April
Description

3 individual petitions (prisoner, Mary Miles and John Butler) and 1 collective petition (15 people, from London and Holborn in Middlesex) of behalf of Thomas Miles, convicted at the Surrey Lent Assizes at Kingston, for horse stealing. Grounds for clemency: innocent of the crime, previous good character of himself and his family, was duped into selling the horse by Richard Collier (his employer) who then gave evidence against him, had no counsel or friend at the trial, on account of his aged father (94 years) and the prisoner is 58 and has a wife and 5 children. Folios 113-117. See also HO 47/14/15, folios 103-110.

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HO 47/14/17/1

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9175381/

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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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