(alphabetical order)
Fynes, John (Labourer)
Crime:
Aged: 21 Resident of Bardney/Coningsby
Stealing £41 from William Turner of Lincoln, in Tumby village.
Tried: Lincoln Assizes on 6 th March 1819.
Punishment:
Convicted with Henry Taylor.
Awarded a Life sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Dromedary’, to New
South Wales, in 1820.
Greetham, William
Crime:
Tried:
Punishment:
Aged: 27
Lindsey Quarter Sessions on 8
Resident of Bardney th July 1845.
Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Pestonjee Banjee’, to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1845.
Henshaw, John
Crime:
Tried:
Punishment:
Aged: 19
Burglary.
Lincoln Assizes on 10 th March 1821.
Resident of Stixwould
Death sentence - commuted to Life. Deported on the ship ‘Eliza’, to
New South Wales, in 1822.
Johnson, William (Labourer)
Crime:
Aged: 28 Resident of Bardney
Burglariously entering the dwelling house of William Smith, of
Bardney, wilfully and maliciously beating and wounding, with intent to murder and rob, William Kirmond, a lodger
Tried:
Punishment:
Lincoln Assizes on 7 th March 1818.
Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Globe’, to New
South Wales, in 1819.
Smith, Ann (alias Wardle and Wardell)
Crime:
Aged: 31 Resident of Southrey
Breaking into the shop of William Holland, in Southrey, and stealing
7 pieces of print, a web of Irish linen, 36 handkerchiefs, a part of a web of calico, 3 pairs of women's cotton hose and sundry other
Tried:
Punishment: articles.
Lincoln Assizes on 31 st July 1813
Death sentence - commuted to Double Life. Deported on the ship
‘Broxbornebury’, to New South Wales, in 1814.
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Taylor, Richard (Labourer)
Crime:
Aged: 19 Resident of Wragby/Lincoln
Assaulting Samuel Bee on the King's Highway, at Wragby, and
Tried:
Punishment: stealing a silver watch and a hat.
Convicted with James Jackson and Thomas Monk.
Lincoln Assizes on 14 th March 1829.
Death sentence - commuted to Life. Deported on the ship ‘Layton’ to
New South Wales, in 1829.
Wilson, Thomas (Labourer)
Crime:
Aged: 20 Resident of Wragby
Stealing boots, shoes and other items from the shop of James Limon of Wragby; stealing large quantities of wearing apparel belonging to
William Lee, tailor and draper; stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel from John Utterby of Caistor, tailor and draper; stealing 2 hemp sacks from Paul Hacket of Tealby; stealing 5 speckled white and black ducks from the farmyard of Daniel Drakass of Ludford; stealing a hemp sack, 6 stone of wheat flour, etc, from the corn mill
Tried:
Punishment: of William Cunningham of Ludford; stealing a saw, 2 knives, a hammer, some mutton and other articles from the shop and dwelling house of William Wright of Ludford.
Crimes committed with Edward Taylor and Edward Broxholm. Some of the stolen goods were received by Jane Atkin of Louth.
Lincoln Assizes on 8 th March 1823.
Death sentence - commuted to Life. Deported on the ship ‘Sir
Godfrey Webster’ to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1823.
Source: J Benton & 'Convicts of Lincolnshire’ publication.
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