Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's LandReid, Thomas
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Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Reid, Thomas
Exiles -- Australia -- New South Wales; Exiles -- Australia -- Tasmania
N. B. Any breach of the above regulations, or any attempt to deface or
destroy this paper, will be punished severely; and the person so
offending must not expect to be recommended to the kind notice of the
Governor of New South Wales.
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Before commencing the journal, I shall insert here a statement of the
various offences for which these women had been sentenced to banishment,
with a view of the characters given with them from the proper authority
as they came on board. This will serve to show the proportionate
expectation, as to moral reformation, which was to continue connected
with their general and individual conduct, throughout a long voyage of
at least several months. The names of the individuals are not mentioned,
as matter comparatively of little interest.
_Crimes._
Convicts.
Burglary 4
Grand larceny 8
Petit larceny 11
Felony 3
Stealing in a dwelling house 6
Stealing furniture 2
Stealing from the person 7
Stealing a watch 3
Stealing linen 1
Stealing cheese 1
Stealing sheets 1
Stealing earthenware 1
Stealing wheat 1
Stealing two pieces of carpet 1
Stealing a purse and money 1
Sheep stealing 3
Shop-lifting 10
Forged notes 41
Receiving stolen goods 10
Highway robbery 5
Robbing her employers 1
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Total 121
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_Characters._
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