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Report of Francis Burton on 1 collective petition (102 people, from Stockport in...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/22/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1798 Sept 1
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Report of Francis Burton on 1 collective petition (102 people, from Stockport in Cheshire, many giving trades) on behalf of Joseph Scott, shopkeeper, convicted at the Chester Spring Assizes, for receiving stolen brass and iron, knowing it to have been stolen. Grounds for clemency: the prisoner is in ill health, had a small family, previous god character, surrendered himself once charged, did not believe that he was acting illegally in buying the brass and iron, and is aware of the disgrace he has brought on himself and his family. Initial sentence: 2 years in the Middlewick House of Correction. Recommendation: free pardon; annotated 'pardon prepared 3 Septr 98'. Folios 299-301.
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- English
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- Trade and commerce
- Pardons
- Crime
- Prisons
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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