1845 Convict Pardon for George Jones alias Austin

Convicts: 1845 Convict Pardon, parchment (35 x 27 cm), [Royal…
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Convicts: 1845 Convict Pardon, parchment (35 x 27 cm), [Royal Coat of Arms] 'By His Excellency Sir George Gipps Knight/Captain General, Governor in Chief in and over Her Majesty's/ Territory of New South Wales, .....George Jones alias Austin...Convicted of Forgery and had sentence of Transportation passed upon him for the same... I do hereby grant to the said George Jones alias Austin a free pardon for his crime, ninth June 1845', manuscript signature 'Geo Gipps', Rare. Ex Dr Alan Nicholson George Jones alias Austin was convicted of forgery at Devon Assizes, England and transported on the Sesostris 23rd Nov 1825 with 149 other convicts to New South Wales arriving on the 21st March 1826.

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