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Report of James Mingay on Lawrence Smith, 'one of a Gang of Vagrants (called Gypsies)',...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/18/37

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This record is about the Report of James Mingay on Lawrence Smith, 'one of a Gang of Vagrants (called Gypsies)',... dating from 1795 Sept 25 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/18/37
Date
1795 Sept 25
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Report of James Mingay on Lawrence Smith, 'one of a Gang of Vagrants (called Gypsies)', convicted at the Suffolk Assizes at Bury St. Edmunds, on 27 March 1795, for stealing a boiling copper, value £3, property of Thomas Perry, a labourer at Stansfield, Suffolk. Evidences supplied by Thomas Perry, John Beale, farmer at Framfield, and Dr Dey Syer[?], magistrate. Grounds for clemency: none given. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: speaks against mercy; annotated: 'unfavourable'. Folios 168-172.

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English
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