Joseph Jones two apologies presented to Captain A. Maconochie, R.N., R.M., 20 December 1840-11 January 1841

DLMSQ 570

fonds

1840-1841

944761

1 folder of textual material

Joseph Jones, convict, born in London in 1800, a wool stapler and sorter, was convicted of highway robbery at Norwich Assizes in 1834, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was transported and arrived in New South Wales in November 1834 on the Hooghly. He served 6 years of a previous 7 year sentence, in Bermuda

Item 1
a. 'An apology for the Old Hands at Norfolk Island. An offering presented to Captain A. Maconochie, 20 December 1840'
A defence of the convicts of Norfolk Island, which makes suggestions how their lot might be improved. Prefaced by a letter to Captain Maconochie, Superintendent. 24 pages

Item 2
b. 'An apology for Crime or The Criminal Defended. An Important Trifle presented to Captain Maconochie', 14 January 1841

A defence of criminals, stating that it is the poor conditions in which they live which cause men and women to take to crime, and a plea for these conditions to be ameliorated. Prefaced by a dedicatory letter to Captain Maconochie

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.