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Report of Lancelot Brown, Chairman of the Huntingdonshire Bench of Magistrates [Huntingdonshire...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/22/35

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This record is about the Report of Lancelot Brown, Chairman of the Huntingdonshire Bench of Magistrates [Huntingdonshire... dating from 1798 Oct 21 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 47/22/35
Date
1798 Oct 21
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Report of Lancelot Brown, Chairman of the Huntingdonshire Bench of Magistrates [Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions] on behalf of Elizabeth Gale, sentenced at 'the Summer assizes' at Huntingdon [Huntingdonshire Assizes] on 26 April 1796. There is a letter from Robert Burton reminding Brown of his promise to obtain a pardon for Gale. Burton also refers to 3 other (unnamed) prisoners sentenced to transportation and recently removed. Grounds for clemency: youth (age not given) and good behaviour since her confinement which has been almost solitary. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: free pardon. Folios 243-245.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
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Open on Transfer
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9176063/

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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals

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