Offence: Miscellaneous > returning from transportation
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment: Death
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James Holliday , of St. Sepulchres , London, was indicted on the New Act of Parliament for the more Effectual transporting of Felons, &c. for that he having been fomerly Convicted of Felony, and transported among the last Convicts from Newgate for the same, had made his Escape from the Ship, which the Convicts forced into Vigo, and returned into the Kingdom of Great Britain, without any lawful Cause , which being fully proved upon him, the Jury found him, Guilty . Death .