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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 Soulden Lawrence on 2 collective petitions (19 people of Crompton, Lancashire...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/41/23
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This record is about the Report of Soulden Lawrence on 2 collective petitions (19 people of Crompton, Lancashire... dating from 1809 Apr 10 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/41/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809 Apr 10
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Report of Soulden Lawrence on 2 collective petitions (19 people of Crompton, Lancashire and 3 tradesmen of Manchester) on behalf of John Richardson [named as John Pott by Lawrence in his report, John Richardson in the petitions] (tried with James Medin), and convicted at the Lancashire Lent Assizes in 1809, for uttering forged Bank of England notes knowing them to be so. Grounds for clemency: led into the crime by 'bad Men who sell Bank Notes at a low rate', has a wife and six children to support. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: no mercy. Folios 202-206.
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- English
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