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On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta
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Conditional Pardon holder. Carpenter
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William Kitchenman for stealing five pair of window sashes and James Cook for receiving the same both received sentence of 7 years transportation
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General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
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Convict under sentence of transportation for life. Assigned to government employment at Newcastle
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NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
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Peter Egan per ship Recovery and James Cook per ship Atlas, both stockman in government service, charged with neglect of duty and losing government bullocks...Mr. Frederick Dixon, Superintendent states - On Monday night the working bullocks were turned out to graze under the charge of Egan and Cook. Egan has charge of them until midnight when it is Cooks duty to relieve him and bring in the bullocks at daybreak for work. On Tuesday morning it was reported to me that the bullocks were lost. They were not found until yesterday in the afternoon. James Cook states - Egan did not go out with the bullocks on Monday evening. He remained at home all night. About midnight I came into the town for a fire stick and when I returned the bullocks had strayed from the place where I left them. Sentence: Peter Egan 3 months in the gaol gang. James Cook 2 months in the gaol gang