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Sentenced to transportation for life aged 23.
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Age 24. Farm labourer from Essex. 5ft 3 3/4in, ruddy complexion, light brown hair, light brown eyes, and had on a white shirt, duck trousers, duck jacket and straw hat. Absconded from Castle Forbes in company with John Poole, Anthony Hitchcock, James Reilly, David Jones and James Ryan after committing various outrages and taking with them silver plate, guns, muskets, horses and wearing apparel. 70 pound reward offered for apprehension
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Ploughs, milks. Assigned to James Mudie
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Aged 24. Labourer from Essex. Absconded from the service of James Mudie
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Castle Forbes, Patrick Plains
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Indicted for aiding and abetting Anthony Hitchcock and John Poole in an attempt to kill John Larnach
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History of the Colonies
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Peter Ponsonby testified that John Perry had been repeatedly flogged while at Castle Forbes and had a 'horrid back'
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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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Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 681
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John Perry age 23. Ploughs, sows, milks, groom. Native place Essex. Tried a Chelmsford 18 July 1831. Sentenced to transportation for life for sheep stealing. Note - hanged in Sydney on 21 December 1833 for bushranging and robbery