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Certificate/memorial of Lord Kenyon, Alexander Thomson and John Williams on prisoners...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/18/79

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HO 47/18/79

Date

[1795]

Description

Certificate/memorial of Lord Kenyon, Alexander Thomson and John Williams on prisoners convicted on the Oxford Circuit in 1795[?] and recommended to mercy on the conditions set against their names:

Worcestershire

1. Joseph Wenlock, convicted for sheep stealing. Recommendation: transportation for life.

2. Thomas James, convicted for stealing a lamb. Recommendation: 12 months imprisonment and hard labour. See also HO 47/18/78, folios 310-311.

3. John Johnson alias Edward Phillips, for being at large before his sentence of transportation was expired. Recommendation: to serve in HM. Forces.

4. Mary Overton wife of William Overton, convicted for stealing a lamb. Recommendation: 12 months imprisonment and hard labour.

5. Sarah Morse, convicted for stealing a lamb. Recommendation: 12 months imprisonment and hard labour.

6. John Bate/John Bale, convicted for stealing a mare. Recommendation: transportation for life.

7. Ann Williams, convicted for shoplifting. Recommendation: 6 months imprisonment hard labour.

Shropshire at Shrewsbury

8. John Jones, convicted for sheep stealing. Recommendation: transportation for life.

9. Thomas Cooper, alias Thomas Cappur alias Thomas Williams, convicted for burglary. Recommendation: transportation for life.

Herefordshire at Hereford

10. Edward Fudger, convicted for sheep stealing. Recommendation: transportation for life.

Staffordshire at Stafford

11. Thomas Astbury, convicted for stealing a cow. Recommendation: transportation for life.

Monmouthshire

12. Thomas Brown, a cooper, convicted for sheep stealing. Recommendation:

Mercy, on enlistment in HM. Navy. Folios 312-313.

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English

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HO 47

Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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