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Ticket of Leave Butts 31 March 1827 - 20 Aug 1867 |
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convict - ticket of leave - F. Bassett (1838) |
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Publication information
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District: Windsor Ticket no.: 38/801 State Records shelf ref: 4/4119, State Records reel no: 929 |
Citation
| Ticket of Leave Butts 31 March 1827 - 20 Aug 1867. (District: Windsor Ticket no.: 38/801 State Records shelf ref: 4/4119, State Records reel no: 929). |
Tickets of Leave (TOL)
A Ticket of Leave was evidence that a convict was allowed to work outside the "assignment" system. Conditions applied - the convict was confined to a named area, had to report regularly to authorities, and was supposed to attend divine worship each Sunday.
Minor offences could see a TOL revoked by the magistrates and the holder returned to Government service. Penalties for greater offences were heavier than those for free persons. TOL holders were not allowed to own land, and until 1843 were allowed to neither own personal property, nor sue (e.g. for wages).
Such tickets are different from "Tickets of Exemption from Government Labour", which are described under "Assignment" at left.
New South Wales
The butts of tickets issued between 1810 and 1875 have survived. Potentially, each ticket butt gives the following information: prisoner's number, name, ship arrived on, master of ship, year of arrival, native place, trade or calling, offence, place of trial, date of trial, sentence, year of birth, complexion, height, colour of hair, colour of eyes, general remarks, the district prisoner was allocated to, the Bench who recommended him, and the date of issue of ticket. However, blank fields are frequent. The butts also often annotated with changes of district, conditional pardons, etc.
Reference number: CONV005
No38/801 14th May 1838
Last name: Francis Bassett
Ship: Ocean (1)
Master: Johnson
Year: 1816
Native place: Cornwall
Trade or calling: Labourer
Offence
Place of Trial: Cornwall Assis
Date of Trail: 27th March 1815
Sentence: Life
Year of Birth 1780
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Complexion: Dark ruddy
Hair: Black
Eyes: Hazel
General Remarks...
Aloowed to remain in the District of Mudges
On recommendation of -------Bench, Dated In Lieu of cert 26632 dated 16th October 1821 Cancelled
Extra notions -
Colonical Secretary;s letter No 38/290 dated 26th March 18--
attend to Bathurst RE P.M. Warden's letter dated 29th May 1838
Attered to Mudgee 15th July 1840 per P.M. Bathhursts Letter P.M.40/6566
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