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William CLARKE

He was tried at Old Bailey, London on 14 January 1784 for burglary with a value of 22 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Scarborough aged about 23 at that time (May 1787). He had no occupation recorded. He died in 1822.

Notes: He was caught when, having broken into a public house, he was found lying in the cellar “very much in liquor”.He died “a very infirm old man” as a result of “excessive drinking of spirits”.



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