• Title
  Francis Forbes - Correspondence relating to the Sudds, Thompson, and Robison cases, ca.1824-1830
• Call number
  A 743
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1824-1830
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  201959
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 3992, frames 107-151 (A 743)
  
• Physical Description
  1 volume - 0.02 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  In 1826, the privates Joseph Sudds and Patrick Thompson deliberately committed theft in the expectation that they would be transported, a fate they believed to be preferable to continued service in the army. Lieutenant Governor Ralph Darling, Governor of N.S.W., commuted their sentence to a flogging and assignment of seven years hard labour in the chain gang. Sudds was critically ill and died five days after the punishment was inflicted. The newspapers condemned the Governor's actions as illegal and reported the incident stridently.
  Captain Robert Robison of the Royal Veterans, was stationed at Newcastle and was married to the daughter of Judge John Stephen. Robison disapproved of Governor Darling's regime and planned to lodge complaints against Darling in London. The Governor subsequently court martialled Robison for insubordination and a number of other charges to which he was found guilty as sentenced to be cashiered.
  -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.1, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1966
• Scope and Content
  Report, notes and correspondence that relate to the Sudds and Thompson cases, the transmission of charges by Captain Robison against Governor Ralph Darling, and Robison's trial and court martial. Includes "Sketch of defensive operations" relating to Sudds. Many of the letters are addressed to Forbes and are written by Darling and Robison.
• General note
  
  Microfilm copy made, Dec. 1999.
  Paper includes the following watermarks, "Harris / 1822" ; "Brocklesby & / Morbey / 1826" ; "J. Green & Sons / 1826" ; "J. Rump / 1826" ; "Harris / 1827"
  D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823813
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Sudds, Thompson and Robison" embossed on spine.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Darling, Ralph, Sir, 1775-1858
  Forbes, Francis, Sir, 1784-1841
  Robison, R. (Robert)
  
• Subject
  Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--New South Wales.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  Judges--New South Wales--Correspondence.
  Law and legislation--New South Wales.
  New South Wales--History--1788-1851.
  New South Wales--Politics and government--1788-1851.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1062885

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