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Shot in the back by Constable John Johnstone. Clothes caught fire. Lingered for 4 days
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Constable John Johnstone sentenced to 7 years transportation for manslaughter of Darlington
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Free by servitude. Died aged 33. Buried in Glebe Cemetery
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Absconded from No. 27 road gang
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John Johnston found guilty of the manslaughter of Richard Darlington at Maitland. Witnesses Thomas Phillips, Susan Jordan, Samuel Mitchell, Ronald John McDonnell, Joseph Swayne, Robert Larden, Charles Wilson
Source:
Registers of Coroners' Inquests and Magisterial Inquiries (Ancestry)
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Accidentally shot by a constable
Source:
Maitland Burial Register p. 155
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Richard Darlington, free by servitude, died aged 33 on 13 March 1840. Shot by a constable. Buried 14 March 1840
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Princess Royal 1823
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Died after being shot by John Johnstone a former constable at Morpeth
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Princess Royal 1823
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers. Monthly Return of Corporal Punishments inflicted at Newcastle
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Government servant. Sentenced to 50 lashes for absenting himself from his gang
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Princess Royal 1823
Source:
Archives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88
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On list of prisoners assigned. (Assigned to George Cobb )
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Princess Royal 1823
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Assigned to Port Macquarie district
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Princess Royal 1823
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Apprehended after absconding from No. 27 Road gang
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Princess Royal 1823
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
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Age 16. Tried at Flint Assizes 4 April 1822 and sentenced to 14 years for stealing a watch. Admitted to the Justitia Hulk 21 June 1822 and transferred to the Princess Royal on 23 September for transportation to New South Wales
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Princess Royal 1823
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Newcastle district
Source:
Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry
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Born c. 1804. Off the Stores. Assigned to Rev. Middleton
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Princess Royal 1823
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NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
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Patrick Fitzsimmonds, William Fry, William Penny, William Steel, Richard Darlington charged with neglect of work and absenting themselves from their gang. James Gallaghar, overseer of the road party states....These men are part of my gang. On Saturday morning they left me in a body to come into the town. I cannot get them to perform their task or to pay any attention to what I say to them. The prisoners generally complain of ill-usage on the part of the overseer. Sentenced to 50 lashes each