| Reference Number | t17830910-18 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Death; No Punishment > pardon; Transportation |
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613. JOHN WELCH was indicted for returning from transportation, and being found at large, on the 1st of September last , without any lawful cause.
(The Record read as before.)
Court. Look at the prisoner, do you recollect his being here before? - Yes, in September sessions, 1782.
What was he than indicted and convicted for? - Stealing pots and coppers.
I apprehended the prisoner, near Tunbridge, he behaved very quiet indeed.
Do you recollect the prisoner among those convicts? - Yes.
How did he behave? - Very well, as far as I saw.
He did not take an active part, in securing the arms? - Not that I saw.
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
I am guilty of what is laid to my charge, in returning from the ship, it is now fourteen months since I went on board, I dare say Mr. Akerman will give me a character.
GUILTY , Death .