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Inside Melbourne Gaol Inside Melbourne Gaol

Public Record Office Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)

Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)
North Melbourne, Australia

Giving a statement of the number of prisoners confined in the Melbourne Gaol

Giving a statement of the number of prisoners confined in the Melbourne Gaol

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  • Title: Inside Melbourne Gaol Inside Melbourne Gaol
  • Creator: Public Record Office Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria
  • Date Created: 1842-04-25
  • Provenance: VPRS 19 Unit 29 1842/779, VPRS 19 Unit 29 1842/779
  • Transcript:
    Names of Prisoners Undergoing Summary Jurisdiction. Name, Crime, Punishment. 1. Isaac Ried, Absent from his duty, two months ? with hard labour. {assigned to Custom Depart{ 2. William Siebers, Disobedience of Orders, 2 months hard labour {assigned to Captain Brown. 3. Richard Wilson, Drunkenness, 2 months hard labour {belongs to the Gaol{ 4. William Wyatt, hospital {Disorderly Conduct + insolence{ 4 moths hard labour {Gaol Stockade{ 5. William Buttersworth, Insolence & Drunkeness, 4 months hard labour {assigned to Govt { 6. Humphrey Spicer, Disorderly Conduct, 2 months hard labour {to Mr Dutton{ 7. James Pugh, Disobedience of Orders, 4 months hard labour {Simpson & Darlot { 8. John Button, Disorderly Conduct 2 months hard labour {assigned to Hunter & Watson { 9 George Hall {absconding, 3 months Iron Gang Assigned to Mr Broughton. 10 Williams Beresford, For having passed himself as a free man to the Minister of the Scotch Church & got married in consequence, 1 Month Iron Gang. 11 Peter Campbell, assigned to the Protector, absconding, 12 months. 12 Charles J Smith, Absconding, 6 months Iron Gang, to Mr Bennett
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