Summary
Born
Jan 1865
Conviction
Murder
Departure
Unknown
Arrival
Unknown
Death
Jun 1883
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Personal Information
Name: James Sutherland
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1865
Death: 4th Jun 1883
Age at death: 18
Occupation: Unknown
Voyage
Departed: Unknown
Ship: Unknown
Arrival: Unknown
Place of Arrival: Unknown
References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives - convicts. Conduct record http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON37-1-11,548,189,L,80. Newspapers online - Trove. |
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Convict Notes
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James Sutherland, born in Tasmania 1865, was convicted at the Hobart Supreme Court, Tasmania for the murder of William Wilson (a railway worker from Cleveland). Death sentence - to be hanged 04/06/1883. Jointly charged with James Ogden, who was also convicted and executed. (Report of trial, Mercury newspaper 15-16/05/1883,) James had been previously charged, at Longford, Tasmania, on 17/11/1878 for being idle and disorderly (aged 13yrs). Discharged from prison Feb 1879 and assigned to Webbs Hotel. The photograph, as on the Convict Records web site 2014 is attributed to be this James Sutherland as taken by photographer Thomas J. Nevin.