Conduct records of male and female convicts arriving under the ‘assignment system’ CON31 CON40
Format
- Top left hand corner Name of convict
- Name of ship and date of arrival
- Place and date of trial
- Length of sentence
Terms used
- “Transported for” = Sentence
- “Gaol Report” = Any previous convictions
- “Hulk Report” = Behaviour on prison ship (in U.K.)
- Marital Status
- “Stated this Offence” = Convict’s statement of his or her offence including previous convictions
- Conduct while serving sentence Date of offence – place of employment or employer – offence – sentence – magistrate’s initials.
Notes on bottom of page indicate the areas to which the convict was assigned.
Abbreviations (frequently used in most records)
- T.L. = Ticket of Leave
- C.P. = Conditional Pardon
- abs = Absconded
- miscondt = Misconduct
- appd = Approved
- mos = Months
- b & w = Bread and Water
- n.p. = Native Place
- casc = Cascades [female factory]
- P.B. = Prisoners’ Barracks
- conf = Confinement
- Pr = Prosecutor
- convtd = Convicted
- P.W. = Public Works
- disobce = Disobedience
- sol/solity = Solitary
- hd lab = Hard labour
- witht = without
- impt = Imprisonment
- s.v. = supplementary volume – more information usually in supplementary conduct registers (CON32)
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