Convict Regulations and Murder Reward in Hobart Town Gazette

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The Hobart Town Gazette' of Saturday, October 4, 1828, with a fine strike of the Two Pence Newspaper Duty stamp at top right. The lead article requires Officers in command of Parties, Superintendents and others, 'having Convicts under their charge or direction, are enjoined to read over to them.....that the offense of being found Drinking in unlicensed Houses, or purchasing Spirits from unlicensed Persons, will be recorded against them.....' There also follows a list of 9 Convicts who have been granted their Tickets of Leave and on page 3 an advertisement offering £50 Reward for assistance in solving a murder.

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