Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

395: SMITH, Stephen
Born:	about 1804	Died:
Family Relationships:
Group:	Home Counties ( Essex, Herts, Kent, Sussex)
Where tried :	Sussex County	Native Place:	Hambledon, Hampshire
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Crime:	Rioting/ Riotous assembly	Sentence:	14 years
Prior Offences:	1-Arson	*Hulk:	1235
Order of Loading:	81	Transport:	Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	S1324
Times charged:	5	Times punished:	2
Granted Ticket of Leave:		Date of Pardon:	26 May 1837
Type of Pardon:	Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History:
Marriages:
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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