Thomas Burgess

Life archive ID obpt18160403-20-defend247
Born 1793. Gender male. Has tattoo no. First recorded 1816.
Born
1793
Tried
3rd April 1816
Age 23.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of housebreaking (feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of alexander copland , esq. about the hour of four in the afternoon of the 16th of march, no person in the same dwelling-house then being, and for stealing therein, four coats, value 2l. two pairs of pantaloons, value 30s. four frocks, value 5s. two petticoats, value 2s. two waistcoats, value 2s. two shirts, value 5s. two caps, value 6d. one nutmeggrater, value 5s. and one choral, value 20s.). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.
Sentence respited
8th June 1816
Age 23.
Sentenced to twenty one years. Sent to New South Wales.