reward · 1844
Sixty pounds reward or conditional pardon offered for six convicts who escaped Newcastle Hospital on 21 April 1844, seized the cutter 'Brothers' at anchor, put to sea and landed near Seal Rock north of Port Stephens, thought to be making for Moreton Bay: James Edwards (per Royal Admiral), Henry Elgar (Waterloo), Henry Hughes (Exmouth), Samuel Ringwood (Henry Porcher/Moffatt), Buchannan Wilson (Marquis Huntley) and Robert Whitehead (Lord Lynedoch). Signed E. Deas Thomson.
SIXTY POUNDS REWARD, OR A CONDITIONAL PARDON. HEREAS it has been represented to the Government, that the six convicts, …
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Recorded in this notice
OffenderJames Edwards
OffenderHenry Elgar
OffenderHenry Hughes
OffenderSamuel Ringwood
OffenderBuchannan Wilson
OffenderRobert Whitehead
OfficialColonial Secretary's Office
OfficialGovernment
LocationHer Majesty's Gaols
OfficialE. Deas Thomson
Ship"Royal Admiral"
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 43, 7 May 1844.
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