Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

394: SMITH, John
Born:	about 1802	Died:
Also known as:	BUDD
Family Relationships:
Group:	Midlands (Beds, Bucks, Derby, Glos, Shrops, Yorkshire)
Where tried :	Buckinghamshire County	Native Place:	Wycombe High, Buckinghamshire
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Crime:	Machine breaking/ demolishing	Sentence:	7 years
Prior Offences:	0	*Hulk:	1712
Order of Loading:	444	Transport:	Proteus, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	S1336
Times charged:	4	Times punished:	4
Granted Ticket of Leave:	08 Dec 1837	Date of Pardon:	10 Jul 1838
Type of Pardon:	Sentence expired
Post-sentence History:
Marriages:	England
Place of Death:

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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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