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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 713

Crime and Punishment Punishment Transportation 1834 (5 Apr.) ´The Globe and Traveller´ newspaper printed in London including a report of the convict transport ship ´John Barry´ headed for Hobart and which had been grounded at Broadstairs Knowle but quickly refloated; 1849 (13 July) printed Act of Parliament (36 pages) entitled ´An Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels´; 1849 handwritten Certificate of Conviction for William Hissey at Oxford, found guilty of larceny the order stated that ´he be transported beyond the seas…. for the term of seven years´; a fine group with interesting accompanying details Estimate £ 150-180

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