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James WILLIAMS
Alternative names:
BLACK JEMMY
He
was tried at
Old Bailey, London
on
11 May 1785 for stealing clothing with a value of 23 shillings.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years
and left England on the
Scarborough
aged about 20 at that time (May 1787).
He had no occupation recorded.
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As he was from the West Indies he could probably be described as being black.Ordered 500 lashes on 29 April 1789 for stealing tobacco from a marine, and on 12 April 1790 another 500 for stealing a quantity of biscuit. After an attempt to stow away he received 250 lashes, in November 1790, the other half of the sentence being forgiven.
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