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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
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (prisoner)...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/20/36
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This record is about the Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (prisoner)... dating from 1796 Apr 5 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/20/36
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1796 Apr 5
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of William Touse, posting clerk and servant to the prosecutor, convicted [at the Old Bailey] in September 1795, for stealing 20 gallons of rum, value £20, on 9 August 1795, property of Robert Jones. There are covering letters from Samuel Thornton and a Mr Bateman. Evidences provided by Robert Jones and 3 other. Grounds for clemency: prisoner comes from a respectable family from the East Riding of Yorkshire who are much distressed at the crime/sentence, he will already have learned his lesson from the time spent in Newgate, first offence, and offers to join HM. Navy. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: no mercy. Folios 194-201.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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