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City of Palaces was a convict ship that transported four convicts from Singapore to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1857. It arrived in Fremantle on August 8, 1857. The four convicts were all soldiers and sailors who had been convicted by court-martial in India, and sentenced to transportation. Other than the four convicts, there were no passengers on board.
List of convicts on the City of Palaces
Name |
Date of birth |
Trial place |
Trial date |
Crime |
Sentence
|
Thomas Cullen |
1841 |
Bombay |
2 September 1856 |
Striking a sergeant |
14 years
|
John McCartney |
1829 |
Karachi |
26 April 1856 |
Assault and rape |
Life, commuted to 7 years
|
Moses McConnell |
1834 |
Poonah |
22 November 1856 |
Throwing his cap at a lieutenant colonel |
7 years
|
John Nash |
1831 |
Bombay |
7 August 1856 |
Insubordination and mutinous conduct |
14 years
|
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