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Arrival of the vessel Captain Cook on 26th August from London. Captain Thompson. Surgeon Superintendent John Morgan. 226 male prisoners. Guard consisted of 29 rank and file of the 21st regt., under command of Captain Armstrong and Lieut. Silon
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Settler and Convict Lists 1787-1834. Ancestry
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Prisoner for 14 years. Assigned to Henry Dangar at Neotsfield
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Thursday 15 November 1838 Supreme Court Charles Kilmaister, William Hawkins, John Blake, John Johnston, Charles Toulouse, Charles Lamb, Edward Foley, James Oates, James Parry, George Palliser and John Russell, were indicted for the wilful murder of one Daddy, an Aboriginal black native, on the 9th June 1838. There were 9 counts in the indictment, charging the prisoners in different forms with committing the murder, and aiding and abetting each other in the murder of Daddy, or of an Aboriginal black to the Attorney General unknown. For the prosecution - The Attorney General and Mr. R. Therry. For the defence Messrs Foster, aBeckett and Windeyer. List of the Jury - Thomas Holmes, Foreman; David Hill; George Humphries; John Harris; Joseph Hanson; Mattias Hooper; Charles Hensley; Thomas Harper; Henry Hough; William Howard; Andrew Higgins, and John Hall. Witnesses included Thomas Foster, Superintendent of Dr. Newtons station on the Big River; William Hobbs, superintendent employed by Henry Dangar; George Anderson, hutkeeper and assigned servant to Henry Dangar; John Bates, hutkeeper assigned to Mr. Dight; Warren (or William) Mace, ticket of leave man living at Mr. Dights station; Charles Reid, servant to Henry Dangar; Henry Dangar, settler; Thomas Simpson Hall, settler, master of James Oates (Hall s Jemmy); George Bowman, farmer and grazier, master of John Johnston; Mr. Jolliffe, superintendent to Messrs Bell; His Honor summed up at great length, minutely recapitulating the whole of the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, after having retired about a quarter of an hour. The prisoners were all remanded for trial on the same charges, the Crown officers being dissatisfied with the verdict. It is their intention to indict the prisoners for the murder of an aboriginal woman, and to call the same evidence in support of the case. The trial is to take place on the following Monday
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Neotsfield, Hunter River
Source:
Settler and Convict Lists 1787-1834. Ancestry
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Prisoner for Life. Assigned to Henry Dangar at Neotsfield
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Assigned to W.S. Bell
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Cheshunt, Hunter River
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Settler and Convict Lists 1787-1834. Ancestry
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Assigned to William Bell
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Assigned to Edward Biddulph
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Ticket of Leave cancelled for assault and disorderly conduct
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Assigned to John Cobb
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Australasian Chronicle
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Ticket of leave cancelled for disorderly conduct and drunkenness
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Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
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Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. No offence detailed.
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Assigned to George Forbes Esq
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Ticket of leave cancelled. Sentenced to an iron gang
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Criminal Court Records. Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions, Letter Books, 1838-1851. Ancestry
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Hammond Baker holding a ticket of leave for the district of Merton, having been convicted of drunkenness and improper conduct it was recommended by E.D. Day that his ticket of leave be cancelled until he proved himself worthy of the indulgence