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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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Letter/petition from William Payn, of the Public Office, Birmingham, Warwickshire,...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/41/26
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This record is about the Letter/petition from William Payn, of the Public Office, Birmingham, Warwickshire,... dating from 1809 Aug 28 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809 Aug 28
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Letter/petition from William Payn, of the Public Office, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and 1 collective petition (10 people, comprising the keeper and chaplain of Oxford Gaol and acting magistrates) on behalf of Henry Russell who, together with ----- Cleaver, he believes are honest men and were led astray by Thomas Langley. Grounds for clemency: duped by Thomas Langley, illiterate, served as a volunteer in the independent corps of infantry in Staffordshire, has a wife and child, was led to believe pleading guilty to a lesser charge would be beneficial to him even though he was innocent. Initial sentence: death. Folios 225-228.
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See also HO 47/41/24 , folios 207-223.
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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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Letter/petition from William Payn, of the Public Office, Birmingham, Warwickshire,...
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