City of Palaces (ship)

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City of Palaces was a convict ship that transported four convicts from Singapore to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1857. It arrived in Fremantle on August 8, 1857. The four convicts were all soldiers and sailors who had been convicted by court-martial in India, and sentenced to transportation. Other than the four convicts, there were no passengers on board.

[edit] List of convicts on the City of Palaces

Name	Date of birth	Trial place	Trial date	Crime	Sentence
Thomas Cullen	1841	Bombay	2 September 1856	Striking a sergeant	14 years
John McCartney	1829	Karachi	26 April 1856	Assault and rape	Life, commuted to 7 years
Moses McConnell	1834	Poonah	22 November 1856	Throwing his cap at a lieutenant colonel	7 years
John Nash	1831	Bombay	7 August 1856	Insubordination and mutinous conduct	14 years

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