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Joseph MORLEY/MAWLEY

He was tried at Winchester, Hampshire on 3 March 1783 for assault and highway robbery with a value of 133 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 26 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as silk dyer. He died in 1822.

Notes: Partners in the original crime were John Leary, Francis Garland, and Henry Roach. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”.On 20 July 1789 sentenced to receive 100 lashes for “buying necessaries” from a soldier.District constable in 1800.



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