Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

346: PUDNEY, John
Born:	about 1803	Died:	1850
Family Relationships:
Group:	Greater East Anglia (Cambs, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk)
Where tried :	Essex County	Native Place:	Clacton Little, Essex
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Crime:	Machine breaking/ demolishing	Sentence:	7 years
Prior Offences:	0	*Hulk:	1126
Order of Loading:	17	Transport:	Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	P0710
Times charged:	8	Times punished:	2
Granted Ticket of Leave:		Date of Pardon:	05 Feb 1836
Type of Pardon:	Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History:	South Australia resident
Marriages:	England
Place of Death:	South Australia

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Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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