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Convict name: Best, George.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Somerset Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 8 Jan. 1827.

vessel: Bengal Merchant

date_of_departure: 13 March 1828.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 336

title:
George Best, one of 170 convicts transported on the Bengal Merchant, 13 March 1828.

publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]

original_version_note:
This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.

neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.

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Brooks, Jonathon.

Convicted at Nottingham Town Assizes for a term of life on 01 August 1827.
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Collier, William.

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Evans, Charles.

Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of 14 years on 11 March 1834.
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Fosbrook, Allen.

Convicted at Stafford Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 11 July 1827.
Transported by William Miles (15 March 1828.).

Gilmore, John.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 13 September 1827.
Transported by Woodford (29 April 1828.).

Higginson, Ralph.

Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 01 January 1834.
Transported by Bengal Merchant (27 September 1834.).

Johnson, Ann.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 29 May 1828.
Transported by Harmony (09 September 1828.).

Lill, William.

Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 11 September 1828.
Transported by Georgiana (24 November 1828.).

MacGowan, Michael.

Convicted at Westmorland Quarter Session for a term of 14 years on 08 January 1836.
Transported by Bengal Merchant (04 August 1836.).

McAuliffe, Michael.

Convicted at Portugal, Pacode Lumiar Court Martial for a term of life on 05 February 1828. Died on voyage 5 January 1829.
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Morgan, John.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 19 May 1825.
Transported by Manlius (16 July 1828.).

Speller, William.

Convicted at Essex Special Session of Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 05 December 1827.
Transported by Woodford (29 April 1828.).

Winkle, Hamlet.

Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of life on 13 March 1828.
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