William Hunt

The Life and Voyage of William Hunt of Tharston, Norfolk
(1828 - 1890)
by Philip John Buzzard & Nigel Peacock

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Norfolk – 1850

By 1850, William has two previous felony convictions recorded against him and it is his final crime in England that sent him on a journey across the world.

On the 26th of March 1850, before the Norfolk Lent Assize, (Case no. 29) [11] on the oath of a Samuel Took, William is alleged to have stolen, at Forncett St Peter, from one Samuel Took, 3 geese and a gander (Samuel Took appears the Census for 1851 in Forncett St Peter). He was also charged with 2 previous convictions of felony.

William was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years transportation.

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[11] England and Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 – Ancestry

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