Henry TAYLOR ¹

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  General Notes:

HENRY TAYLOR, a labourer of Coningsby, was tried at the Lincolnshire assize
court on 6 March 1819, aged 22. He was convicted of robbing William Turner
of Lincoln of £41, at Tumby, and was sentenced to death, later commuted to
transportation for life. JOHN FYNES was also convicted of the crime. Henry
Taylor was transported to New South Wales on the ship 'Dromedary' in 1820.

HENRY TAYLOR was disembarked in Van Deeman's Land.

In the library at Launceston there is a convict record book and entry 84 is:
Name Henry Taylor, Height 5ft 8ins,Hair Black, Col Eyes Lt hazel, age 22.
Occupation Waterman, Boston March 1819, Sentence life, ship Dromedary, date
1819, Court Lincs/Lincs/Boston.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Labourer, 6 Mar 1819, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. ⁴

• Court: Robbery, 6 Mar 1819, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. ¹ Lincolnshire Assizes.

• Prison: he was sentenced to death but later commuted to NSW, Australia, 6 Mar 1819, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. ¹

• Emigration: NSW, Australia: Tasmania, Australia. ¹

• Prison: He was pardoned, 13 Jul 1840. ¹