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1 individual petition (Elizabeth George [unsigned], the petition's mother) and 1...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/44

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This record is about the 1 individual petition (Elizabeth George [unsigned], the petition's mother) and 1... dating from 1792 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/14/44
Date
1792
Description

1 individual petition (Elizabeth George [unsigned], the petition's mother) and 1 collective petition (23 people, from Bermondsey, Bermondsey Square and Grainge Walk, and including the prosecutor and chaplain to the New Gaol in Southwark) on behalf of Philip George. Grounds for clemency: youth (age not given), brought into crime by 'designing and wicked Persons', previous good character, asks to be transported, for the sake of the feelings of an aged widowed mother for her only son. Folios 213-214. See also HO 47/14/42, folios 205-208.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9175408/

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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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