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State Records NSW. Colonial Secretary's Correpondence. Special Bundles, 1794-1825. Series 898
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Assigned to Government service. On monthly returns of prisoners punished at Newcastle. Sentenced by the Commandant to 25 lashes for refusing work and insolence to his overseer
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Age 24. From Cork. 5ft 4 in. Grey eyes, brown hair, florid complexion. Absconded from Newcastle settlement
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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Assigned to government service at Newcastle
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NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
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142. Patrick Powers and Owen Kelly in the service of government, charged with absconding from government service and taking to the bush. Sentenced to 50 lashes each and sent to the gaol gang
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NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
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Patrick Powers per Southworth, in government service, charged with having stolen property in his possession. John Bell, a free man states - Last Friday evening I was in Mr. Smiths tap room and laying my head on the table I fell asleep. When I awoke I missed my shoes. In the search made yesterday in barracks for the property stolen from the prisoners who came in the Liverpool, my shoes were found in the possession of the wardsman. The Wardsman of the prisoners barracks states - on Saturday afternoon the shoes found in my possession were brought to me by Powers. He desired me to take care of them. It is a common thing for the prisoners in barracks when they go out to work to entrust any spare clothing they may have to my care. The prisoner states - I found these shoes on the grass before Mr. Smiths house on Saturday morning early as I went to my work at the mines. I carried them with me and his them till my days work was over, when I returned to Barracks and gave them to the wardsman to take care of. Patrick Powers sentenced to 7 days solitary confinement
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NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
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Patrick Powers per ship Southworth and James Kearns per ship Earl St. Vincent, both in government service, charged with riotous conduct at the prisoners barracks. Constable Thomas Dwyer states - The watch man at the Gate of the Prisoners Barracks, called on me for assistance on Saturday evening. When I went into the barracks I found the prisoners fighting with each other. They continued to fight after I went in but with the assistance of the watch man I separated them and conveyed them to the watch house. Powers states - the quarrel arose about a piece of soap. Kearns states - I have nothing to say but that I was drunk. Sentence: Powers seven days solitary confinement. Kearns 10 days solitary confinement
