James Tucker (convict)

James Rosenberg Tucker was born in Bristol, England, probably in 1808 although the date is not certain.[1] He died in 1888.

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Tucker wrote his autobiographical Ralph Rashleigh; or, The Life of an Exile in 1844. It was published in a heavily edited form in 1929, but his original manuscript was never released until 1952.[2]

In 1826 Tucker was convicted at the Chelmsford Spring Assizes on March 3 1826 of blackmailing his cousin, James Stanyford Tucker. He was tried before Sir William Alexander, C.B., "On an indictment for sending a threatening letter...accus[ing] of an infamous crime" and sentenced to transportation for life. He was 18 years old at the time. The next year he was put aboard the convict ship Midas, which sailed for Sydney Cove.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography. 1967.
  2. ↑ Tucker, James (1844). Ralph Rashleigh; or, The Life of an Exile.
  3. ↑ Crown cases reserved for consideration and decided by the judges of England. From the year 1824, to the year 1837. William Moody of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Barrister at law. Volume 1, 1839. J. W. Johnson, law booksellers.

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