William Roberts

Life archive ID obpt18100606-5-defend83
Alias Williams. Born 1788. Gender male. Has tattoo no. First recorded 1810.
Born
1788
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of housebreaking (feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of john davis , no person being therein, about the hour of eight in the afternoon, on the 13th of may; and feloniously stealing six napkins, value 5 s. a shawl, value 3 s. a tea caddie, value 5 s. a silver caddie shell, value 3 s. the property of john davis ; - a pocket book, value 2 s. and eleven one pound bank notes). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.
Sentence respited
10th July 1810
Age 22.
Sentenced to twenty one years. Sent to New South Wales.