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William SMITH

He was tried at Bodmin, Cornwall on 25 July 1785 for stealing an iron grappling and other goods with a value of 23 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Scarborough aged about 21 at that time (May 1787). He had no occupation recorded. He died in 1788.

Notes: Partner in the original crime was Timothy Discall.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.



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