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John RUFFLER

He was tried at Old Bailey, London on 7 July 1784 for stealing livestock (a horse - a gelding) with a value of 200 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for life having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Scarborough aged about 27 at that time (May 1787). He had no occupation recorded. He died in 1813.

Notes: Received 300 lashes on 21 January 1788 for stealing beans from the governor’s farm.



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