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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on John Smith, convicted at the...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/21/14

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This record is about the Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on John Smith, convicted at the... dating from 1797 Mar 15 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/21/14
Date
1797 Mar 15
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Report of John William Rose, Recorder of London, on John Smith, convicted at the 'last' sessions of the Old Bailey, for stealing a cloth cloak, value 5/-, property of James Callighan. Grounds for clemency: when the prisoner was taken to the bar for sentencing he was mistaken for another prisoner. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation (the other's prisoner's intended sentence). Recommendation: to enlist in HM. Navy or 12 months in the house of correction and to be fined 1/-, this was his intended (initial) sentence and it is to stand. Folios 72-73.

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Language
English
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9175984/

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