Source:
Colonial Times (Hobart)
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Sentence of death passed at the Criminal Court 15th February 1830
Source:
Hobart Town Gazette
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On Wednesday George Appleby and James Mitchell crown servants, were convicted of assaulting John Hurst a peace officer and sentenced to receive 100 lashes each
Source:
Hobart Town Gazette
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George Appleby fully committed to Gaol for trial at the Criminal Court on a charge of defrauding or stealing money from two of the newly arrived Veteran corps at the Anchor and Hope public house
Source:
Colonial Times (Hobart)
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George Appleby and several others sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a boat from Maria Island
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On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Mermaid'
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Punished at Newcastle
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On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Pt. Macquarie per 'Mermaid'
Source:
The Hobart Town Courier
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Charged with Felony. Escaped from custody at Brighton on Sunday 13th Feb., Reward of 20 guineas offered for his apprehension. Arrived in Sydney on the 'Almorah' and to VDL on the 'Pilot' in 1817. 5 ft 8 in, light brown hair, grey eyes, 31 years old. Native of Manchester, stonemason by trade. Sentenced to transportation for Life at Lancaster in 1816
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers, State Records of New South Wales. Special Bundles
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George Appleby, John Matear, Edward McCracken, James Flynn and William Callaghan all sentenced to 100 lashes for cutting their irons and breaking away from their gang and taking to the bush
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Retribution Hulk Woolwich
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers (Ancestry)
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George Appleby age 17 tried at Lancaster 31 August 1816 and sentenced to transportation for life. Received onto the Retribution hulk on 5th January 1817 and transferred to the convict ship Almorah for transportation to New South Wales on 15 April 1817
Source:
The Hobart Town Courier
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George Appleby who being under sentence of the Supreme Court to be transported beyond the seas was feloniously at large before the expiration of his sentence, had stated that he did not know of the law at the time, and also that he had been forced into the commission of the crime. At present, however His Honour had no choice but to pass upon him the sentence of death
Source:
Colonial Times Hobart
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George Appleby who received sentence of death a few weeks ago under the Colonial Act for returning from his transportation at Macquarie Harbour, and whose case has stood over in order to investigate the weight of the defence set up at the trial, that he was not aware of the existence of such an Act, has been ordered for execution on Monday next
Source:
The Hobart Town Courier
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On Monday morning George Appleby who had been sentenced to die under the colonial act for returning from transportation before the expiration of his sentence and remaining a long time a bushranger in the country about Port Dalrymple, suffered the penalty of the law. He died very penitent
Source:
The Leeds Mercury
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Lancaster Assizes - William Taylor, George Appleby, Francis Collins, Owen Boyle and William Howard for highway robbery at Manchester - Howard admitted evidence; Taylor, Appleby, Collins and Boyle sentenced to death
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George Appleby was charged with absconding from George Town and with being at large for three or four months until apprehended; and being found guilty was sentenced to be transported to Newcastle for the remainder of his original term of transportation
Source:
Launceston Advertiser
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On the 5th instant a daring highway robbery was committed a short distance from Launceston by two armed men, supposed to be John Bevan and George Appleby, the former charged with several felonies, the latter a runaway from Macquarie Harbour, a reward of fifty pounds will be given etc etc.
