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From: Douglas Burbury <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Convict Record
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:26:18 +1100
In-Reply-To: <003001c4be3e$cb7e0520$3c537bcb@admin1>


Shirley,

At 03:09 PM 30/10/2004 +1000, Doug & Shirley Stevenson wrote:
>How did my convict get away with this?
>His record states he and other piratical convicts stole a launch in 1818.
>After capture he was to receive 300 lashes and 3 years in Newcastle. In 1825
>he applied for land stating he had committed no offence since arrival on
>Fame to NSW and Pilot to VDL. This was accepted and he was located 30 acres.
>Was someone looking after him?

A bit difficult for us to make any judgments here, but ........

The first thing for you to check (and confirm to us, maybe) is whether
you're dealing with the same bloke. I assume his name matches on the
conduct record and the application for the land grant, but do other details
also match, such as his age, ship of arrival and type/length of sentence?

The glaring possibility is of course that you're looking at details for two
different people.

Douglas

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