runaway · 1841
This notice details multiple escaped prisoners, including their physical descriptions, crimes, sentences, and places of origin or escape, with some absconding from specific locations like Goat Island, Stockade, Carter's Barracks, Wooloomooloo, His Majesty's Hulk Phœnix, General Hospital Sydney, Cockatoo Island, and General Hospital Newcastle.
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OffenderPercy Henry
ShipRoslin Castle
OriginGoat Island
OffenderJames Pye
ShipMary Ridgway
OffenderAlexander Strepson
ShipCastle Forbes
OriginStoekade, Wooloomoolon
ShipMinerva
OriginNo. 7 Road Party
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 34, 30 April 1841.
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