John Simmons

Life archive ID obpt18030914-109-defend989
Born 1767. Place of birth prussia. Gender male. Hair brown (brown, bro). Eyes blue. Distinguishing marks man woman jsgam on left arm. Has tattoo yes. Tattoo subjects names and initials. Tattoo written words jsgam. Tattoo descriptions woman, man. Tattoo body locations arm. First recorded 1803.
Born
1767
Tried at Old Bailey, London (middx gd). Accused of theft from a specified place (feloniously stealing, on the 11th of july, twenty-three pounds of nutmegs, value 10l. and thirty-six pounds of indigo, value 20l. the property of john-henry rougemont , and philip-fretreck behrends , being in a certain vessel called the hoop, upon the navigable river of thames). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.
Sentence respited
25th November 1803
Age 36.
Transported
25th November 1803
Age 36.
Sent to New South Wales.
Tattoo(s) recorded
1806
Age 39. Tattoo subjects names and initials. Tattoo keywords man woman jsgam on left arm.. Tattoo written words jsgam. Tattoo descriptions woman, man. Tattoo body locations arm.
Arrived in Australia
12th July 1806
Age 39.
Sent to New South Wales.
Arrived in Australia
1810
Age 43.
Sent to Van Diemens Land.