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Certificate/memorial of Francis Buller on prisoners capitally convicted in Lancashire...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/18/75

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HO 47/18/75

Date

1795

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Certificate/memorial of Francis Buller on prisoners capitally convicted in Lancashire in 1795[?] and recommended to mercy on the conditions set against their names:

1. William Holme, convicted at the Lancashire Assizes on 9 March 1795[?], for highway robbery, and sentenced to death. Recommendation: 7 years transportation.

2. John Rostron, convicted at the [Lancashire] Quarter Sessions at Manchester, for petty larceny, and sentenced to 7 years transportation, there is now a doubt to his guilt and he is recommended to mercy.

Folios 304-305.

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The National Archives, Kew
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English

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Open Document, Open Description

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HO 47

Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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