Hi Terry I think you will find that it means stealing wearing apparel. regards Lesley Uebel mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au CLAIM A CONVICT http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Terry Flowers Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:53 PM To: AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [PJ] Unknown Crime Hi All. I have come across a crime that seems to have warranted a sentence of seven years transportation. "FELONY WEARING APPAREL" I came across this when checking Musters for the "John Bull" 1821 that transported eighty mostly Irish ladies. Does anyone know exactly what this crime is? I also noted that there was a marked difference in ages of some of the ladies between the Indent and the Muster. Has anyone on the list come across this anomaly? Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why this is so? I was also intrigued and somewhat appalled that a number of the ladies had been sentenced to seven years for "Vagrancy", a crime that seems so incredibly petty to warrant such a harsh sentence. Terry

Thanks Lesley, that makes sense. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley Uebel" <ckennedy@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [PJ] Unknown Crime > Hi Terry > > > I think you will find that it means stealing wearing apparel. > > > regards > Lesley Uebel > mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au > CLAIM A CONVICT > http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Terry > Flowers > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:53 PM > To: AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PJ] Unknown Crime > > > Hi All. > I have come across a crime that seems to have warranted a sentence of > seven > years transportation. > > "FELONY WEARING APPAREL" > > I came across this when checking Musters for the "John Bull" 1821 that > transported eighty mostly Irish ladies. > Does anyone know exactly what this crime is? > > I also noted that there was a marked difference in ages of some of the > ladies between the Indent and the Muster. Has anyone on the list come > across > this anomaly? Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why this is so? > > I was also intrigued and somewhat appalled that a number of the ladies had > been sentenced to seven years for "Vagrancy", a crime that seems so > incredibly petty to warrant such a harsh sentence. > > Terry > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1933 - Release Date: 02/03/09 17:48:00