In 1826 the Convict Ship
England was visited by phrenologist Mr. Deville (de Ville)
who examined each of the 148 convicts and gave a memorandum of the
inferred character of each individual, and of the manner in which
the propensities were likely to manifest themselves. The most
desperate convicts were pointed out and in particular Robert Hughes
noted to be dangerous.
Select here to find some of the convicts who arrived on the England'
Extract from the journal of Surgeon Superintendent Thomson -
