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William HOLMES
He
was tried at
Old Bailey, London
on
7 July 1784 for burglary with a value of 43 shillings.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years having been originally sentenced to death,
and left England on the
Scarborough
aged about 24 at that time (May 1787).
He had no occupation recorded.
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Received 36 lashes in June 1789 for being from absent from his task, and another 24 on 9 October 1789 for loitering at work, and 100 lashes were ordered in May 1790 for disobedience. Married Rebecca Davison on 17 February 1788.
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