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Convict record of Richard Terry (the elder)

1. Richard Terry was tried at Aylesbury Assizes on 9 March 1844 and sentenced to transportation for life for rape
2. Gaol Report: first conviction, widower, two children. Stated this offence, aiding and abetting in a rape ( Ann Pepper). 2 months for an assault
3. Terry arrived at Norfolk Island per Agincourt on 9 November 1844. He came to Van Diemens Land in 1847.
4. Offences and Sentences
1. 14 January 1847 Norfolk Island / Bringing some pine knots out of the bush � 6 days solitary confinement.
2. 9 May 1848 Probation pass-holder
3. 5 September 1854 Ticket of Leave
4. 16 September 1856 Conditional Pardon
5. Description:
1. Trade: Bullock driver and farm labourer
2. Height: 5�6��
3. Age: 41
4. Complexion: swarthy
5. Head: small
6. Hair: dark
7. Whiskers: none
8. Visage: oval
9. Forehead: low
10. Eyebrows: dark
11. Eyes: grey
12. Nose: medium
13. Mouth: medium
14. Chin: medium
15. Native Place: near Buckingham
16. Church of England
17. Can read (CON 33/83)
6. Marriages NS 373/32 - Richard Terry, aged 47, passholder, married Jane Stanbroak, aged 46 at the Perth Church on 30 June 1853