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Elizabeth SCOTT

She was tried at Old Bailey, London on 7 February 1787 for stealing bridles, straps and stirrups with a value of 15 shillings. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Prince of Wales with age unknown. She had no occupation recorded. She died in 1790.

Notes: Partner in the original crime was Sarah Ault.She died “by overloading her stomach with flour and greens”, her hunger being caused by the reduction in rations.



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