Hi Irene, I haven't seen that particular document myself so I can not say for sure that it is a miss transcription, but considering that the 3 particular people concerned were tried some years earlier and had already been transported to Tasmania it seem a bit unusual that 5 years later 3 other people with exactly the same names would be tried for the same crime in 1848 One thing I have learnt is to never take transcribed information as fact. The only information that can be guaranteed is the original document. I have seen a number of miss transcriptions of official / legal documents that have been triple checked before publishing which have been incorrectly transcribed. I have also sent in corrections to FreeBDM and FreeCEN and Durham Records on-line where the information has been transcribed incorrectly because the transcribers interpretation of the information is different to what it actually says. These mistakes have only been picked up because I have seen the original document. Familysearch - LDS will not correct any errors even if you send them a copy of the original document to show them their mistake. At times it is only by knowing what a document actually say or how a name is spelt that you can see the errors between the original and the transcription. Not all the writing is perfectly legible on all documents. I have already seen a number of these documents we are talking about except for the one in 1848. Some were written in Scotland and some written in Tasmania. Some of the documents are very faded or damaged and at times the Elizabethan script, though clear, can be hard to read. On one of them where I know that the date is 1843 the 3 is not clear and could easily be taken for an 8. Once I am sure I have found the correct information in a transcription I generally try to get a copy of the original or make contact with someone who has seen the original to check for the accuracy of the transcription. You would be surprised at the number of errors there are out there in transcriptions of legal documents by professionals and volunteers alike. I have done some transcribing myself and it is not as easy as you would think Evan for a professional. If something is hard to read, often the people checking will read it the same as the person who first transcribed it and it is still incorrect. A cousin was at Kew recently looking at copies of original documents on fiche and some in registers. He said that although the writing was extremely clear compared to parish registers, the flowing Elizabethan script at times was difficult to understand. I could go on for ever about the accuracy of transcription but in the end the only documents that can be relied on are originals. Hopefully they are clear enough to read correctly. Best wishes, Diane