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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
Item
Report of John Heath, on 1 collective petition (8 people, including previous and...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/21/22
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1797 May 3
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Report of John Heath, on 1 collective petition (8 people, including previous and present employers, and church wardens of St. Luke's, Middlesex) and 1 individual petition (John Martin, prosecutor) on behalf of Edward Wills, letterpress printer, convicted at the Surrey Spring[?] Assizes at Kingston (with James Dashper), for stealing a gilt metal watch and other articles, property of John Martin, printer, on 30 January 1797. Evidences supplied by John Martin, Michael Martin, James Henderson and Thomas Drewett, both patroles [constables]; James Bord, George Pool and William Lloyd, spring maker. There is a covering letter to the petition from Thomas Lack and a further letter from Lack enclosing a letter from the master of the prisoner, Millar Ritchie, stating he is willing to take the prisoner back. Grounds for clemency: youth (under 19 years), first offence, jury and prosecutor recommend mercy, has aged parents, a wife and an infant child to support and his master willing to take him back into his employ. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: no mercy. Folios 127-138.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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