Tasmania Police Department depositions sworn before the Superintendent of Police for the County of Cornwall, P. A. Mulgrave, regarding the activities of the bushrangers Thomas Jeffries, John Perry and Edward Russell, 31 December 1825-15 March 1826

DLMSQ 660

fonds

31 December, 1825-15 March, 1826

946538

1 volume of textual material (72 p.) - 32 cm.

The convicts and bushrangers, Thomas Jeffries, John Perry and Edward Russell escaped from Launceston Gaol in December 1825. They captured, wounded and murdered a number of people in the district. After days without food, Russell was shot by his companions and his flesh eaten. Jeffries and Perry were sentenced to death and hanged in April 1826

Binder's title: V.D.L. Depositions 1826. T. Jeffries & John Perry Bushrangers

Bound in brown half leather by Corbett, 243 Pitt St., Sydney

Detailed contents list in front of volume

Sir William Dixson's bookplate

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

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

Transferred from DLSPENCER 19