Robert Gunn

Robert Gunn, one of 200 convicts transported on the Fortune, November 1812

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Gunn
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Robbery with violence
Convicted at:	Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Fortune
Departure date:	November, 1812
Arrival date:	11th June, 1813
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 199 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 90
Source description:	This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

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Community Contributions

John McGowan on 25th October, 2013 wrote:

On 31 March 1812, subject Robert Gunn along with Alexander MacDonald alias White, appeared at Edinburgh High Court on a libel for six assault and robberies (no detail) committed during the Edinburgh Hogmanay Riots, 1811/1812. Both pled guilty and both transportation for life. See Edinburgh Evening Courant (No.15,727) dated 2 April 1812, p 3; and McGowan, John (2013) A New Civic Order: The contribution of the City of Edinburgh police, 1805-1812, p 271, p 285 and p 314

Convict Changes History

John McGowan on 25th October, 2013 made the following changes:

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