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Edward SMITH

He was tried at Exeter, Devon on 14 March 1785 for burglary with a value of 570 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Charlotte aged about 30 at that time (May 1787). He had no occupation recorded.

Notes: Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”. May have escaped in 1791.



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