William Temple: Trial 1814
"Saturday the 5th day of November 1814
Bench of Magistrates
Present, The Judge Advocate.
D'Arcy Wentworth Esqr.
S. Lord Esqr.
Patrick Riley, (a Prisoner) and William Temple (also a prisoner) are brought up charged with taking away a Boat and with stealing the mast and sails belonging to her the property of William Halfpenny, and also with stealing two saws and a chisel the property of his Majesty -----
The Prisoners confess to taking away the boat mast sails saws & chisel intending to make their escape out of the Colony ----
-----The Magistrates direct that the said Prisoners be confined to Hard labour in the Gaol Gang at Sydney for the space of three months they having already been confined in Gaol in irons for seven weeks, and that the sum of nine dollars now in the constables hands belonging to the prisoners be paid over to the prosecutor William Halfpenny as a remuneration to him for the loss & trouble he has suffered ----"
Source:
Bench of Magistrates. Sydney District 1788-1820. [5 November 1814]. Archives Authority of NSW. [AO Reel 1259, COD 235].
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