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She was sentenced to 2 months for larceny and transported. If you PM me your email address I'll email you the image of the court judgement from Ancestry.

I have ancestors who suffered the same fate. So horrible :-(

Have you tried the free old bailey records for info? It's brilliant. You get any named person in the trial transcripts, so witnesses, legal people etc as well as accused people.

Agree with Psketti I got some trial transcripts from Somerset Assizes. Very sad but I understood why my ancestor was transported. To us he would clearly have learning difficulties but back then he was just a rubbish thief who stole again and again from friends and family and got caught every time. Eventually they got fed up of him and reported him to the rozzers of the day. So very sad.

I've never been able to find out what happened to him after he landed at the Penal Colony in Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land as it was known back then. I hope he sorted himself out and made a good life for himself after he was released.

Thanks so much MrsPoglesWood, have sent you a pm.

Just horrible, she had two tiny children and a husband

I have tried the old Bailey records previously but no luck, but thanks for the suggestion.