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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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1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Joseph Smith, tailor, convicted at...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/22/50
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Joseph Smith, tailor, convicted at... dating from 1798 Oct 1 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 47/22/50
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Date (When the record was created)
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1798 Oct 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Joseph Smith, tailor, convicted at the 'last' Westminster Quarter Sessions in June 1798, for stealing a memorandum book, value 2d, property of Richard Mansel Phillips. There is also a covering letter from William Mainwaring Grounds for clemency: is contrite, previous good character, already served 5 months of sentence, worked voluntarily as a tailor during his confinement and reported to the authorities on a gang of housebreakers and highway men (he refers the Home Secretary to Bow Street and Tothill Fields for further information. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation, and the petition has an addendum from Thomas Aris, Governor of the Cold Bath Fields, House of Correction attesting to the good behaviour of the prisoner. Folios 316-319. See also HO 47/22/48, folios 302-303.
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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 on Transfer
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Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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