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An Unconditional Free Pardon For Timothy Lee: A Free Pardon For…
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15-Jul-2018
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An Unconditional Free Pardon For Timothy Lee: A Free Pardon For Timothy Lee: 18 February 1844 Free Pardon on vellum, awarded to one Timothy Lees and signed by the Governor of New South Wales, George Gipps; with official Coat of Arms and the original seal of NSW still attached. Lees had been tried and convicted of larceny at Bathurst in September 1841 'and had Sentence of Transportation passed upon him for the same'. The Pardon is countersigned by Edward Deas Thomson. Lees, one of 11 children, had been born at Sydney in December 1815; he died at Walgett in August 1876. Following the granting of his Free Pardon he married Clara Morris (in May 1851) at Balladoran, near Dubbo. They had 10 children.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents