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Convict No: 28484
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Voyage Ship: Tortoise
Voyage No: 187
Arrival Date: 19 Feb 1842
Departure Date: 26 Oct 1841
Departure Port: Plymouth
Submitted by Researcher (8648) on 6 November 2017
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Conduct Record: CON33/1/17
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Appropriation List: CON27/1/9
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Indent: CON14/1/13
Description List: CON18/1/30 p262
Remarks Application to bring out family GO33/1/72 p783
Submitted by Researcher (8648) on 6 November 2017
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onduct record PAGE 142: CON33/1/17 - Description:Tortoise HMS
Submitted by Researcher (8648) on 6 November 2017
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Griffiths was convicted of the murder of the owner of the house, my 3x great grandfather Shadrach Lewis. John Colby was Shadrach's employer not the accuser; book by Gwylon Phillips.
Submitted by Researcher (8648) on 6 November 2017
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Rebecca Riots: They were a series of protests undertaken by local farmers and agricultural workers in response to perceived unfair taxation. The rioters, often men dressed as women.
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CRIME DETAILS: Three poachers, stoked up on ‘a crowns worth’ of ale, decide to pull the roof off Shadrack Lewis’ house to teach the man a lesson. Lewis is known to be a police informer.
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But because Lewis is widely disliked, hundreds petition for clemency for the condemned man who struck the fatal blow. Thus Beni Griffiths is transported for murder, and demolishing a house.
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Family arrived 25 Mar 1855 Ocean Chief
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