My husband's great-grandmother's brother, Joseph Wheeler Feltham was transported to Tasmania. If he is not on your list I can give you details. Ann Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maddy Duke" <maddyduke@btinternet.com> To: <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [DOR] Larceny before convicted of felony > Hi Beki > Could you let me know the name of your ancestor. I am researching people > who were transported to Australia from Dorset and would be interested to > add > him to my list (if he is not there already!) > Kind regards > Maddy Duke > > -----Original Message----- > From: dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Beki Grinter > Sent: 05 September 2010 21:48 > To: dorset@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DOR] Larceny before convicted of felony > > Hi, > > One of my ancestors was tried at Dorchester Quarter Sessions and the > description of the offence was larceny before convicted of felony. Can > anyone tell me what that means. He was sentenced to transportation to > Tasmania, and I think he may have had a prior record of offenses (and some > acquittals) and I wonder whether that prior history with the courts might > be > a part of what was going on. > > thanks for any help, > > > beki grinter > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message