Catalogue description Report of William Ashurst on William Ranson convicted at the 'last' Suffolk Assizes, for...

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Details of HO 47/11/19
Reference: HO 47/11/19
Description:

Report of William Ashurst on William Ranson convicted at the 'last' Suffolk Assizes, for a burglary in the warehouse of Zephaniah Langley and stealing four parcels of tobacco and one of currants, on 10 March 1789. The theft was from a dwelling house/warehouse of Langley's in Lavenham. Evidences supplied by Zephaniah Langley, James Willis, James Thornton, the bellman, and Thomas Keable, 'who seemed to have been an accomplice'. Grounds for clemency: 'the distress of his mother'. Initial sentence: death. Recommendation: speaks against mercy.

Date: 1793 Apr 10
Related material:

Folios 90-93.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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