Date of Conviction: 20/01/1818 and 21/07/1823

Age at Conviction: 49 and 54

Crime Convicted of: Theft x2

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford) x2

Sentence Length: 7 Years x2

Ship Transported on: Remained in England

Where Arrived: N/A

Departure Date: N/A

Arrival Date: N/A

Biography: Dorothy, the wife of William Jones of Manchester, stole a tea kettle and an axe from from S Humphries and P Basnett in 1818 and was sentenced to transportation at the Salford January sessions but after three months at Lancaster, was sent on to Preston’s House of Correction on the 6th April 1818 instead. This was because at this time Lancaster Castle was in the process of demolishing it’s ‘dungeon tower’; the tower where women awaiting transportation were held. From Preston she was pardoned on the 16 April 1821.

However, Dorothy then re-offended in 1823 and stole clothing and was sentenced again to transportation at Salford sessions, this was her fourth conviction and despite her age she was described as in good health in jail in 1824. Dorothy served out her second transportation sentence in Lancaster Castle and was discharged 21 July 1830 aged 61.