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William DOUGLAS
He
was tried at
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
on
9 July 1785 for stealing a silver watch of unknown value.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years
and left England on the
Alexander
aged about 24 at that time (May 1787).
He had no occupation recorded. He died in 1838.
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The watch was stolen from the victim’s pocket.On 18 December 1790 he was ordered to work in a gang, following an assault on two seamen from Supply.Married Mary Groves on 1 June 1788.
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