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R v Hitchcock - SC
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Executed in Sydney 21 December 1833 (aged 17)
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Indicted for aiding and abetting Anthony Hitchcock and John Poole to kill John Larnach
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History of the Colonies
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James Riley, John Perry, David Jones and James Ryan indicted for counselling, aiding and abetting Anthony Hitchcock and John Poole in attempting to murder John Larnach
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James Riley, John Perry and James Ryan executed in Sydney. Perry died instantly; the bodies of the others were strongly convulsed for several minutes. Ryan was a young boy and the prevailing opinion was that he should have been spared
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Age 17, Shoemaker's apprentice from Co. Tipperary. 5ft 1/4in, fair freckled complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, wart on back of right thumb, and another on back of left hand.Absconded from Castle Forbes in company with John Poole, James Reilly, David Jones, John Perry and Anthony Hitchcock after committing various outrages and taking with them silver plate, guns, muskets, horses and wearing apparel. 70 pound reward offered for apprehension