Benjamin Ball

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 25th May 2025

1835 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Tasmania No; 1037 Assigned; Mr. Pyle DIED; SHOT, BEING ILLEGALLY AT LARGE. 7 Aug 1838

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Maureen Withey on 23rd August 2022

REWARD. ONE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS AND FREE PARDON! Police Department, Hobart town, June 12, 1838. WHEREAS information is now before me, that Benjamin Ball, George Birrell, and John Beard, convicts illegally at large, headed by Thomas Fisher, free by servitude, did lately forcibly enter and rob the dwelling-house of Edmund Bryant, esq. at Ben Lomond, and together with one James Ely (now in custody), did barbarously and feloniously murder one Samuel Day, on or about the 9th inst at a hut belonging to John Glover, esq at Mills' plains, near Ben Lomond, the body of the said Samuel Day, being also much burnt :—This is to give notice that I am authorised by His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor, to offer the reward of One Hundred Sovereigns for the apprehension of either of the above-named offenders ; and if the same be performed by a convict, then a Free Pardon, in addition to the above reward. M. FORSTER, Chief Police Magistrate. Personal Descriptions. Benjamin Ball, ship Marmion ; trade, gun-lock filer; height, 5ft. 3in.; age, thirty-one in 1838; complexion, ruddy; head oval; hair, brown; whiskers, bushy ; visage, round ; forehead high; eyebrows, thin of hair; eyes, grey ; nose, aquiline; mouth, medium width, thick upper lip ; chin, medium size ; remarks--tree, mermaid, and heart, man and woman right arm, little finger right hand crippled, anchor, J. Taylor, 3 sun spots, &c., left arm, anchor back same hand. George Birrell, ship Bengal Merchant; trade, calenderer and labourer ; height, 5ft. 3¼in; age twenty-eight in 1838; complexion, fresh ; head, small oval flat top ; hair, brown ; whiskers, none; visage, small oval ; forehead, high round ; eyebrows, large dark arched ; eyes,——; nose, straight, broad nostril ; mouth, medium from lips ; chin, small ; remarks-deeply pockpitted, small sear on left temple, G. Burn side of left arm. Description of John Fisher, per Asia 1, life ; trade, butcher; height, 5ft. 9in, ; age, thirty-seven; complexion, brown ; head, oval; hair, brown ; whiskers, grey ; visage, long ; forehead, high projecting; eyebrows, brown ; eyes, grey; nose, short awry; mouth, wide; chin, long ; native place, City Gloucester ; remarks, scar left thumb, small scar left side chin, bald patch on left side of head (back). John Beard, ship William Metcalfe ; trade, ploughman ; height, 5ft. 8in. ; age, twenty-three in 1838; complexion, dark; head, small ; hair, brown ; whiskers, none ; visage, oval ; forehead, medium height ; eyebrows, dark brown ; eyes, brown ; nose, small ; mouth, medium width ; chin, large ; native place. Litchfield ; remarks, none. Police Department. June 19. WITH reference to the Notice from this Department, dated the 12th instant, offering a Reward of One Hundred Sovereigns and a Free Pardon, for the apprehension of "Thomas Fisher (F. S.) per Proteus," and others illegally at large :—This is to give notice that "John Fisher, 237 per Asia 1," convict for life, and whose description is hereunto annexed, and not Thomas Fisher, per Proteus, free by servitude, is the man for whose capture the above reward will be paid. M. FORSTER, Chief Police Magistrate. Description of John Fisher, per Asia 1, life, trade, butcher ; height, 5ft. 9in. ; age, thirty-seven ; complexion, brown ; head, oval ; hair, brown ; whiskers, grey ; visage, long ; forehead high projecting ; eyebrows, brown ; eyes, grey : nose, short awry ; mouth, wide ; chin, long ; native place, City Gloucester ; remarks, sear left thumb, small scar left side chin, bald patch on left side of head (back). Hobart Town Courier, 22 Jun 1838