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John Herbert KEELING/KELLAN
He
was tried at
Old Bailey, London
on
10 September 1783 for stealing a sword.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
life having been originally sentenced to death,
and left England on the
Scarborough
aged about 22 at that time (May 1787).
His occupation was listed as seaman. He died in 1806.
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Guilty of return from transport following the Swift mutiny of which he was a ringleader.A man of education and ability according to Major Ross. Night watch member in Sydney in 1789. On Norfolk Island on 31 July 1791 given 50 lashes for contempt of Ross’s orders. Executed for forgery, earlier charges for a similar crime having been dropped out of humanity.
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