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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
Item
Report of William Henry Ashhurst on 1 individual petition (prisoner, counter signed...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/31
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This record is about the Report of William Henry Ashhurst on 1 individual petition (prisoner, counter signed... dating from 1792 May 30 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1792 May 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Report of William Henry Ashhurst on 1 individual petition (prisoner, counter signed by an ex-employer) and 1 collective petition (11 people, from Catton in Norfolk including vicar, churchwarden and past employers) on behalf of Richard Burgess, convicted (2 others who were tried with him were acquitted for lack of evidence) at the Norfolk Assizes at Thetford, for stealing a sheep, property of William Crisp, at Catton. There is a covering letter in the prisoners favour from H. Hobart MP. Grounds for clemency: youth (age not given), first offence, previous good character and has a dependent family. Initial Sentence: death, commuted to 7 years transportation. Recommendation: 2 years hard labour in the Wymondham House of Correction. Folios 168-173. See also HO 47/14/29, folios 161-162.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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