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William LANE
He
was tried at
Chelmsford, Essex
on
30 July 1784 for stealing assorted foods and barrels with a value of 5 shillings.
He
was sentenced to transportation for
7 years
and left England on the
Scarborough
aged about 33 at that time (May 1787).
His occupation was listed as labourer. He died in 1815.
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Received 2000 lashes in April 1789 for stealing 13 pounds of biscuit. He saw a broken lock “and hunger prompted him to take the biscuit.”
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