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169104
Surname: Britten (Britton)
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 21 December 1841
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW. Gaol Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757. (Ancestry)
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Newcastle district. Charged with robbery. Remanded


67333
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1838 15 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG
Details: Coal miner aged 29. Tried in Gloucestershire. Absconded from A.A. Company since August 6


67352
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1838 22 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG
Details: Apprehended after absconding from service of A.A. Company


67842
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1838 14 November
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG
Details: Coal miner aged 29. Absconded from A.A. Company since Nov 6


67878
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1838 21 November
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG
Details: Apprehended after absconding from A.A. Company


119967
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1839 25 December
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG
Details: Coal miner aged 29 from Gloucestershire. 5' 2 1/2"; ruddy freckled compl., dark brown hair, hazel eyes, scar on bridge of nose, two scars near outer corner of right eyebrow, scars on hands; absconded from the A.A. Company 11th December


127284
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1840 5 February
Place: Cassilis
Source: GG
Details: Absconded from the lock up at Cassilis 29 January


133250
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1838 8 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: William Bryant (prisoner for Life) and William Britton assigned to the A.A. Company sentenced to 2 months on the treadmill in Sydney for absconding


137822
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 1838 13 November
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: William Bryant and William Britton sentenced to work in irons for 12 months for absconding


173450
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 5 January 1844
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol charged with disobedience of orders. Sentenced to 7 days solitary confinement


180122
Surname: Britton
First Name: William
Ship: Hive 1834
Date: 13 May 1845
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions Letter Book
Details: Letter 45/59. Prisoner for life assigned to the A.A. Company. Brought before Magistrate Richard Furlong charged with being out after hours and disorderly conduct for which offences he received a punishment of 50 lashes and returned to govt. service. The reason for this was influenced by his police history and his unfitness from his depraved character to remain any longer in assigned service.