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- Researcher (Brian Burleigh)
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Biographies
George and Thomas(34) Jubb(24) and William Smith(30) were arrested, tried, convicted and transported for a single offence; uttering forged bank-notes. Multiple notes are mentioned; Bank of England and Wright (Charles and Ichabod) Bank – Nottingham.
Circumstances: Mr Charles Pasheller of Fen Drayton, principal of the Huntingdon Bank, sends his servant to sell one or more horses at Sturbridge Fair, Cambridge, on 25th September 1804. Some of the notes used to purchase the horse are declared to be forgeries. (The detection of small denomination banknote forgeries was a developing scandal because of the difficulty of detection and the death penalty). Only William Smith and George Jubb attend the fair and purchase and take possession of the horse and depart to Birmingham. The notes were subsequently challenged and confirmed as forgeries (by whom?); arrest warrants were transmitted from Bow Street, London to Birmingham where the accused were arrested (George plus William Smith(8-Oct), then subsequently Thomas) and taken to Cambridge. No idea what happened to the horse. So from about October 1804, the three are in lock-up at Cambridge Castle, duly tried and sentenced at Lent Assizes (12-Mar), reported 18-Mar) and by the 30th March they are transferred to Hulk Captivity at Portsmouth.
Convoy consisting of ships Porpoise, store ship Lady Madeline Sinclair(Bligh), Justina, Fortune and Alexander depart 28-Jan-1806, Fortune arriving 12-Jul-1806.
There is a permission for Ann Smith to accompany William, but no evidence that she did, so he is one of 15 male convicts on Alexander! No other trace of Ann Smith, but her request should have made it difficult for him to re-marry in Sydney.
Submitted by Researcher (Brian Burleigh) on 8 September 2015
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/1, p.369
- The National Archives (TNA) : ADM 108/20, pp.262-263
- The National Archives (TNA) : ADM 108/21, pp.1-3
- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 13/17, pp.118-120
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