John Hopcroft

Life archive ID obpt18160403-110-defend879
Born 1788. Gender male. Has tattoo no. First recorded 1816.
Born
1788
Tried
3rd April 1816
Age 28.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of housebreaking (feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of john shearsmith , about the hour of ten in the forenoon of the 28th of february, no person being therein, and stealing therin, a gown, value 5s. a shawl, value 1s. 6d. and a shirt, value 3s. his property). Found guilty, lesser offence. Sentenced to transportation. Sentence outcome was transported.
Sentenced to seven years. Sent to New South Wales.