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John WILLIAMS
Alternative names:
BLACK JACK
He
was tried at
Maidstone, Kent
on
4 August 1784 for burglary with a value of 59 shillings.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years having been originally sentenced to death,
and left England on the
Scarborough
aged about 18 at that time (May 1787).
His occupation was listed as labourer.
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Described as “an ignorant black youth”. On 29 February 1788 received a sentence of death for stealing wine, but it was commuted to banishment, which was soon cancelled.
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