reward · 1842
Colonial Secretary offers a £10 reward (or conditional pardon to a prisoner captor) for the escaped convicts Thomas Brown (per ship Marian Watson, a Bristol-born tailor) and Laurence Kavanagh (per ship Ferguson, a Wicklow-born carter), who broke from the Hyde Park Barracks watch-house on 27 Jan 1842; full descriptions given (5 Feb 1842).
WHEREAS it has been represented to the Government, that Thomas Brown, by the ship Marian Watson, and Laurence Kavanagh, …
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OffenderThomas Brown
OffenderLaurence Kavanagh
OfficialE. Deas Thomson
OffenderThomas Brown
OffenderLaurence Kavanagh
LocationHyde Park Barracks
LocationSydney
LocationBristol
LocationWicklow
Escape Date27th ultimo
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 11, 8 February 1842.
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