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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 John Silvester, Recorder of London on 1 collective petition (8 residents...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/41/7
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This record is about the Report of John Silvester, Recorder of London on 1 collective petition (8 residents... dating from 1809 Jan 23 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/41/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809 Jan 23
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Report of John Silvester, Recorder of London on 1 collective petition (8 residents of Christ Church parish, Spitalfields, Middlesex/London) on behalf of James Tolley, bricklayer, convicted at the Old Bailey in May 1808, for the theft of 11 'deals' [planks], value £3, from James Jeffreys, publican, on 18 April 1808. Evidences supplied by James Jeffreys, publican; Peter King, timber merchant; Samuel Shelley, carpenter; John Murphy, William Jeffreys, Edmund Knight, sawyer and timber merchant; John Armstrong, officer and John Curley. There is an affidavit on behalf of the prisoner. Grounds for clemency: previous good character, is innocent and his character was misrepresented in court. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Recommendation: no mercy. Folios 51-58.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- 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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