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Reading an old newspaper (my other hobby), I came across a notice in the Hobart Town Gazette (Tasmania) of Saturday, 22 October 1825. The reward component of the notice is highly structured, and note how the monetary components are expressed - not "pounds", nor "sovereigns" - RUNAWAY NOTICE. POLICE OFFICE, HOBART TOWN,
October 21, 1825. The undermentioned Persons, ... having absented them- selves from their usual Places of Residence, all Constables and Others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions to apprehend and lodge them in safe Custody. A. W. H. HUMPHREY,
Superintendent of Police 356. Brady, Matthew, 5 feet 5½ inches, dark brown hair, blue eyes, 26 years of age, a servant, tried at Lancaster April 17, 1820, sentence 7 years, arrived per [ship] Juliana, born in Manchester, charged with Murder. Reward Fifty Guineas; --and to any Prisoner giving such Information as may directly lead to his Apprehension, a Conditional Pardon; --to any Prisoner actually apprehending and securing, a Free Pardon and Passage to England; -- to the Chief District Constable in whose District he is taken, Fifty Acres of Land, provided it shall be certified by the Ma- gistrate of the District that he zealously exerted himself. Reward offered by the President and Directors of the Bank of Van Diemen's Land, Seventy Dollars. [end of notice] not long after this, the conversion rate for Spanish Dollars was dropped from five shillings, to four shillings and fourpence. And, before long, the reward was collected - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Brady |
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interesting indeed, from your post
356. Brady, Matthew, 5 feet 5½ inches, dark brown hair, blue eyes, 26 years of age, a servant, tried at Lancaster April 17, 1820, sentence 7 years, arrived per [ship] Juliana, born in Manchester, charged with Murder.
from wiki
riginally a corporal in a British regiment, he was a cultured and educated man. Sentenced to death for forgery, his sentence was commuted to transportation to the Penal Colony of New South Wales. He rebelled against the conditions in Sydney and was sent to the notorious penal settlement at Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbor.
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Australia
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1 guinea = 21 shilling, just one shilling more than a pound or soveriegn
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im wondering if something sinister has happened. english records at that time would of been more reliable than those from a new settlement, which raises the question, why does the english records say fraud and the local history say murder?
was he framed or setup somehow, how reliable was the paper, did the local governor have a grudge?
anyway you look at it the full story is not told.
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If you read the warrant correctly it says "Charged with murder" not Convicted of murder. I would assume that he "Topped" a fellow convict and scarpered instead of facing summary judgment and getting hung. Good move, instead of the certainty of the noose have a crack at escaping and living a wee bit longer  |
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Very interesting looking through old papers,we have a bundle of about 20 papers from 1937 & 1940,some of the articles are really interesting to read in the way they spoke/worded things back then & the advertisement are unreal.
Would papers & ads like these have any value ?
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Brady was convicted of forgery in England; commuted; transported to NSW; more trouble there, sent to a place of secondary transportation, on the west coast of VDL; escaped & became a bushranger. He was wanted for murder because he killed someone in the course of a robbery: "Brady and Bryant pleaded guilty to the murder of Thomas Kenton, with malice aforethought, and at the instigation of the devil ...", and numerous other crimes. Details of the crimes, the trials, and of the law finishing its course are here: http://www.law.mq.edu.au/research/c..._and_others/ |
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thanks peter I'm going to have a read, history frustrates me and intrigues me at the same time.
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A really good read Peter. So Brady was just a ratbag that got his just deserves Nice piece of Aussi history, thanks for that  |
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During which interval Messrs. Conolly and Carvosso administered all possible consolation to the unhappy men who were at the foot of the ladder. makes me wonder how they where really treated  |
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Australia
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very interesting - thas for sharing |
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Dont you just love police-speak Quote:
The undermentioned Persons, ... having absented them- selves from their usual Places of Residence, all Constables and Others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions to apprehend and lodge them
in safe Custody. What that actually says is. "They escaped, catch them and put them back in jail"  |
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Australia
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very common years ago to use guineas , in fact I even remember as a kid I think seeing things advertised in sales and so on in guineas in the north of england . news paper adds even still used it in the late 50s early 60s I am sure .
johno
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Very interesting Peter thanks for sharing, On the other hand you also had very interesting ancestors, on my thread "Aussie Gold Finds" I put in a little about your ancestors on the goldfields in Victoria so If you can please read it half way down on page 28 oh P.S. that's in "Detecting finds" in the metal detecting section of CCF regards Harry Edited by nuggethill
04/08/2013 06:22 am
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