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One of a group of prisoners who piratically stole two boats while the Governor was visiting Newcastle. T o be transported to Newcastle
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Colonial Secretary's Correspondence
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One of eleven men who piratically carried off two boats. Sentenced to two years in double irons to hard labour at the lime kilns at Newcastle
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Convict Indents (Ancestry)
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Native Place Glasgow. Tried 30 September 1815 and sentenced to 14 years transportation. Shoemaker. Age 21.
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UK Prison Hulk Registers
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Age 20. Tried at Glasgow Assizes 30 September 1815 and sentenced to transportation for 14 years for robbery. Received on to the Justitia hulk on 13th December 1815 and transferred to the convict ship Mariner for transportation to New South Wales on 6th May 1816
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Certificates of Freedom (Ancestry)
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Born 1795. 5ft 8 1/4 in, ruddy complexion, brown and thin hair, blue eyes. Scar of left cheek bone. Was transported to Moreton Bay by the Sydney Bench for the remainder of his original sentence for attempting to escape from the colony. Granted Certificate of Freedom 1829
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Gaol Description and Entrance Books
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Ordered to be detained in H.M. Gaol until His Excellency's pleasure is known. Sent to Moreton Bay on the Amity on 6th March 1826