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Convict name: Bright, Robert.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 14 August 1837.

vessel: Bengal Merchant

date_of_departure: 24 March 1838.

place_of_arrival: New South Wales.

source:
Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 212

title:
Robert Bright, one of 270 convicts transported on the Bengal Merchant, 24 March 1838.

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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Ball, William.

Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of life on 11 March 1834.
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Boardman, Thomas.

Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 28 May 1838.
Transported by John Barry (12 November 1838.).

Cooper, James.

Convicted at Salop Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 17 October 1837.
Transported by Augusta Jessie (10 August 1838.).

Day, John.

Convicted at Wilts. Quarter Session for a term of life on 03 April 1838.
Transported by Gilmore (03 October 1838.).

Dodridge, John.

Convicted at Devon Assizes for a term of life on 20 March 1834.
Transported by Bengal Merchant (27 September 1834.).

Fox, Francis.

Convicted at Norfolk Assizes for a term of 7 years on 01 August 1837.
Transported by Lord Lyndoch (02 April 1838.).

Johnson, William.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 14 August 1837.
Transported by Portsea (24 July 1838.).

Logan, William.

Convicted at Stirling Court of Justiciary for a term of 10 years on 17 April 1838.
Transported by Earl Grey (27 July 1838.).

Pitt, Thomas.

Convicted at Gloucester Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 07 March 1838.
Transported by Theresa (05 October 1838.).

Purton, Thomas.

Convicted at Surrey Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 27 June 1837.
Transported by Minerva (25 May 1838.).

Smith, Henry.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 14 years on 20 August 1838.
Transported by John Barry (12 November 1838.).

Somers, John.

Convicted at Gloucester Assizes for a term of 7 years on 30 Aug. 1827.
Transported by Bengal Merchant (13 March 1828.).

Woolgar, George.

Convicted at Kent Assizes for a term of 15 years on 12 March 1838.
Transported by Coromandel (25 June 1838.).

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