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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  358
• Lot Description:
  A FREE PARDON FOR WILLIAM LACKEY: November 1844
  The Freemans Journal, of 15 March 1825 & 12 July 1825 reported "Thomas Goold, a watchman of Athlone along with four other watchmen, Robert Browne (the commander of the party), Patrick O'Neill, William Lackey and William Galvin were involved in an riot/fight between the Country People and Towns People which resulted in the death, by stabbing, of one of the townspeople, a man whose surname was Conner. O'Neill was found guilty of murder (death sentence later commuted) the others were found guilty of manslaughter at the Roscommon Assizes on 17 Mar 1825 and transported for Life.
• Notes:
  Lackey was later tried in the Supreme Court, Sydney and convicted of stealing (October 11th 1844); followed soon after, on November 12th 1844 by the present Free Pardon signed by the Governor George Gipps and counter-signed by E. Deas Thomson. With the original seal of the Colony still attached.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,250
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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