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Papers include statements and depositions of witnesses; recognizances to appear and bail bonds; warrants to the Provost Marshal to carry out sentences; prisoners' defences; petitions for mercy and for mitigation of sentences. There are also the prosecution and defence statements and exhibits in Rex v Garnham Blaxcell, William Campbell and Arnold Fisk on the prosecution of Simeon Lord re breach of contract and conspiracy on the ship General Wellesley.
A detailed list of these papers is available in Appendix C, pages 42-47, of the unpublished guide to the records of the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction. There is also an alphabetical index to people mentioned in the list.
1788-91, 1798-1800, 1802, 1805, 1807-16 (5/1152; microfilm copy SR Reel 2392). 1 vol.
Relevant items indexed in Indigenous colonial court cases 1788-1838.
Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.
Created: 1788-01-01 to 1816-12-31
Data time period: 1788-01-01 to 1816-12-31
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