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Report of John Heath on 1 individual petition (Thomas Millard, prosecutor) and 1...

Catalogue reference: HO 47/41/41

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Date
1809 May 10
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Report of John Heath on 1 individual petition (Thomas Millard, prosecutor) and 1 collective petition (29 people of Brighton, Sussex including the prosecutor, vicar, high constable, churchwardens and overseers) on behalf of James Voller, journeyman carpenter to Mr Still, carpenter of Brighton, convicted at the Sussex Assizes at Horsham in March 1809, for the theft of silver plate, value £8:15:0, property of Thomas Millard, keeper of a lodging house at Brighton. The prisoner pledged the plate with Hyam Lewis, a pawnbroker for 40/-. The prisoner's wife was housekeeper to Millard. Grounds for clemency: previous good character, supported his mother, wife and children, had intended to redeem the goods before the prosecutor returned (which he would have been able to do). Initial sentence: death, commuted to transportation for life. Recommendation: 12 months imprisonment in the house of correction. Folios 340-343.

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