William (the Younger) Melliar

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Beastiality
Convicted at:	Somerset Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Hyderabad
Departure date:	15th October, 1844
Arrival date:	19th February, 1845
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island [Norfolk Island, under the jurisdiction of Van Diemen's Land]
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 249 other convicts

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 202
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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firstname: William (the Younger) (prev. William (The younger)), date of birth: 1824 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime