Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 406
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Commissioner for
Assignment of
Convict Servants
The Commissioner was responsible for reporting on applications for convict
servants
Condition
Used to indicate a person's status such as free, bond, ticket of leave, pardon
Conditional pardon
The convict's remaining sentence was remitted and was free on condition of
not returning to Britain until the original sentence had expired
Conditional pardon,
1st class
Similar to a conditional pardon with the added condition of not returning to
Europe and the Islands adjacent thereto
Conditional pardon,
2nd class
Similar to a conditional pardon with the added condition of remaining wholly
within the Australian Colonies and New Zealand but not elsewhere until the
original sentence had expired
Convict
A person who has been tried and found guilty of a crime
Convict indent
The list of convicts aboard a particular ship used to transport convicts. ‘Indent'
is a shortened form of indenture referring to the formal agreement between
the British Government and those contracted to transport convicts. A list of
convict to be transported was usually attached to the indenture
Corporal punishment
Punishment which inflicts pain on the body
Despatch
Official letter from the Governor to the British Government
Deposition
The written evidence of a witness in judicial proceedings
Ditto
Indicates that the information is the same as the entry above
Emancipist
A former convict now free
Et al
Latin term for 'and others'
Exiles
Convicts whose sentence had been partly served in a penitentiary in Britain
and who were transported to the Australian colonies and given a pardon or a
ticket of leave on arrival
Expiree
One whose sentence has expired
Felon
Person who has committed a crime more serious than a misdemeanour
Female Factory
Barracks to house and/or punish convict and free women
Flagellation
Whipping
Flogging
Whipping
Free Pardon
See Absolute pardon
Gentleman convict
Those convicted from the upper classes or who were well educated
Government man
Convict
Government servant
Convict
Governor's minute
A note on a letter or application signifying the Governor's decision when used
as an annotation on a convict record
Hulk
A disused sea vessel used as a prison to house convicts
Imperial conviction
A convict has an imperial conviction when tried and convicted in Britain or in
British possessions other than the Australian colonies
In lieu of
In place of
In the Colony
Refers to the area of the particular colony such as New South Wales or Van
Diemen's Land
Indents
See Convict indents
Indulgences
A favour or request given or granted by government officials such as tea or
sugar to prisoners/inmates or a ticket of leave, pardon or land grant
Instant
When written as a date in a letter it refers to the present month
Iron'd Gang
A gang of chained convicts working in irons
Justice of the Peace
Local magistrate
Larceny
Stealing
Lash
Whip
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