City of Palaces (ship)

City of Palaces was a convict ship that transported four convicts from Singapore to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1857. It arrived in Fremantle on 8 August 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.

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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