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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 Wriothesley Digby, Steward of the City of Litchfield on George Hanley,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/21/15
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This record is about the Report of Wriothesley Digby, Steward of the City of Litchfield on George Hanley,... dating from 1797 Apr 11 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1797 Apr 11
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Report of Wriothesley Digby, Steward of the City of Litchfield on George Hanley, a corporal in the 35th Regiment, indicted at Litchfield in Staffordshire on 26 December 1796, for the murder of George Miller, labourer but convicted of manslaughter. A dispute arose over a dog and a number of labourers threw stones and sticks at the soldiers. The prisoner drew his sword and hit one of the labourers and the labourer received a cut to the head, the labourer later died of his wounds. There is a letter from Colonel Charles Lennox confirming the prisoner's name. Initial sentence: 6 months hard labour in Litchfield Gaol. Recommendation: no mercy, most of the 6 months have already expired. Folios 74-77.
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- English
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