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William JONES
He
was tried at
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
on
12 March 1785 for stealing a purse and cash with a value of 96 shillings.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years
and left England on the
Friendship
aged about 21 at that time (May 1787).
His occupation was listed as stocking weaver.
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Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.On 21 August 1788 sentenced to receive 50 lashes for gambling.
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