Item
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 John Heath on 1 collective petition (4 people) on behalf of Thomas Case,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/18/34
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This record is about the Report of John Heath on 1 collective petition (4 people) on behalf of Thomas Case,... dating from 1795 Sept 9 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)
- 1795 Sept 9
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Report of John Heath on 1 collective petition (4 people) on behalf of Thomas Case, convicted at the Lancashire Spring Assizes for high treason (traitorously colouring a piece of base metal to resemble a shilling) on 9 December 1794. Evidence supplied by Richard Howarth. Grounds for clemency: behaved well while in prison, confirmed by an annotation to the petition by John Higgin, keeper of the gaol in Lancaster, his father was now elderly, came from a reputable family, had a wife and 5 young children to support. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: none made. Folios 156-159.
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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