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John STEPHENS/MORRIS

He was tried at Dorchester, Dorset on 16 March 1786 for stealing clothing with a value of 59 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Charlotte aged about 22 at that time (May 1787). He had no occupation recorded. He died in 1836(?).

Notes: Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”. Received 25 of 50 lashes on 14 February 1789 for repeated idleness. Stephens had a history of violent behaviour in the colony, receiving repeated convictions for assault.



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