Details:
Hired to work as a farm labourer for Frederick Harvey. Charged with breach of Masters & Servants Act
Source:
Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions, Bench Books, 1833-1836 (Ancestry)
Details:
Edward Stephenson, assigned to Mr. John Smith charged with being absent without leave after hours and drunkenness...Constable William Rouse testified...On Saturday night last Mr. Smith reportd to me that his servants were absent. We searched the town for some time and could not find them. About eleven oclock the same night I detected the prisoner coming over the fence adjoining the premises of a Private soldier by the name of Case where I supposed he came from as I suspected there were persons drinking hearing the voices of men outside. This is the second prisoner of the crown I took on the same night coming as I suppose from the same house. The prisoner was drunk....Mr. John Smith testified....On Saturday night I heard a noise in the stable. I called on one of my servants to go with me. I found some of the horses loose kicking about the stable. Two of the same horses by my directions had been tethered out by the prisoner. I called the prisoner from where he sleeps and found he was absent. Guilty. Sentenced to 50 lashes
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 679
Details:
Edward Stephenson age 23. Shepherd, ploughs, reaps and sows. Tried at Preston 20 October 1830. Sentenced to transportation for life for stealing a bundle. Assigned to William Lawson jun., at Bathurst on arrival. Note - sister Ann Stephenson arrived in the colony several years previously
Surname:
Wright (Stephens)
Details:
On list of convicts to be sent to Newcastle
