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Died in Pitt Street yesterday se'night, Mr. George Crossley aged 75 years
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HR NSW, Vol. VI, King and Bligh 1806, 1807, 1808.. pp. 580 - 581.
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Transported to Newcastle Coal mines for 7 years having been found guilty of perjury
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CSL6002; 4/3490B pp.12, 13
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Lieutenant Lawson instructed to liberate George Crossley and all such other persons who had been banished to the Coal River subsequent to the removal of Mr. Bligh
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Evidence considered indispensable in proving charges against Capt. Bligh. to be liberated from Newcastle and returned to Sydney
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Lawyer. Died in 1823. Worked in the coal mines when at Newcastle
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Selection of reports and papers of the House of Commons: Prisons., Volume 51. Letter from Mr. Justice Bent to the Governor
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.........The individuals who have practised, or who claim a right to be admitted as attornies, are, George Crossley, Edward Eagar, GeorgeChartres, Michael Robinson,and William Fleming. With regard to their characters, George Crossley is a man notorious in the annals of Westminster, and his infamous and base character is well known to most practisers in His Majesty's courts at home; he was transported to this country at an advanced period of life, being convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury; and it was matter of congratulation at Westminster Hall, when he met the punishment due to his misconduct. His behaviour in this colony has been far from meritorious, and he has repeatedly deserved exclusion from that practice which he had heretofore been permitted to have...........
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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
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CROSSLEY, GEORGE (1749-1823), attorney and convict, was born in London, where he was articled and in 1771 was admitted as an attorney and solicitor. In the same year he was imprisoned for a civil debt for twelve months, notwithstanding his claim of immunity as a solicitor. After practising in Adelphi Terrace, London, for twenty-four years, in February 1796 he was charged with forging the will of Rev. Henry Lewin for the benefit of Lady Briggs, thus defrauding the heir-at-law............