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| Primary Source | 'Australian Royalty' Online Database. Lachlan Macquarie Journal Records. Old Bailey Trial Transcripts. |
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Convict Notes
Solomon Bowerman was hanged for highway robbery. Lachlan Macquarie's journal records:'Friday 22. Decr. 1820. The following Felons, vizt. Jno. Bagnalls, George Bowerman, Solomon Bowerman, and James Bowerman (– three Brothers –), Nichs. Cook, and James Classey, were executed in pursuance of their Sentence. — James and Solomon were indeed guilty of the robbery but the younger brother, George, a family man was also executed and several months later the real felon, William Geary, admitted taht it had been he who participated in the robbery, not George Bowerman.
In 1816 Solomon (30) was acquitted at court for horse stealing in Finstock and Fawler, together with James Evans and John Townsend. However, later that year he was tried for horse stealing at the July session of the Old Bailey and sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life. Old Baily transcript 10 Jul 1816: SOLOMON BOWERMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of June, a gelding, value £10. and a horse collar, value 2s. the property of Robert Roffey ; and a cart, value £6. the property of John Bullen. GUILTY - DEATH , aged 30. Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Park. Death sentence commuted to Transportation for Life. [Report in The Times, 29th October 1816] Escape of Solomon Bowerman. Quite how he was caught we do not know, but he was subsequently transported to Australia - ship unknown. He appears on no indent that I can locate.