[TASMANIA; POLICE; CONVICTS] Record of summons for James McGinnes for a charge brought by the Chief District Constable, for allowing a transported female convict to unlawfully remain on his premises.

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[Hobart Town : s.n.], 1836. Foolscap folio, 335 x 210 mm, letterpress printed recto only on laid paper watermarked Harris Tremlett 1834 ; headed Information. Van Diemen s Land (To wit.) and dated 25 June 1836, the manuscript entries record that on 22 June, at Launceston, Charles Friend, the Chief District Constable, informed John Clark Esq., Justice of the Peace, that James McGinnes of Launceston without lawful excuse or authority did knowingly receive and allow to remain on his premises Ruth Bickerdyke a Transported offender , the penalty for which is not less than two pounds and not more than 20 pounds (plus costs), and that Friend has asked that McGinnes be summoned to answer the charge; signed by both John Clark and Charles Friend at the foot, and annotated in the lower left margin Plea Not Guilty ; the verso gives the result of the case, and is endorsed July 8 1836. Friend v. McGinnes. Breach of 2nd Sessions Act 6 / 4 / 2. Dismissed. Witnesses Alexander Ranken / Greentree , along with in a bolder hand Dismissed. J. Clark Wm Franks Esquire / 8 July 1836 ; original folds, in fine condition. John Clark was Keeper of the Bonded Store in Launceston, and at various times Police Magistrate at Hobart, Launceston, George Town and Bothwell. He later took over management of his father William s estate Cluny, at Bothwell. Ruth Bickerdike (aka Bickerdyke) (b. 1815) was convicted at the Cambridge Assizes in March 1832 and sentenced to transportation for life. She arrived in Van Diemen

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