 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1838 - 440 psl.
...of Sir George Arthur) " in order to enjoy the excitement of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, trial, though aware that in the ordinary course they...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival." Your Committee, however, cannot help referring to a remarkable document with respect to a penal settlement... | |
 | 1840 - 540 psl.
...that he had known instances of prisoners at Port Arthur, the penal settlement of Van Dieman's Land, actually committing murder " in order to enjoy the...course they must be executed within a fortnight after their arrival." From the length at which we have dwelt upon the system of assignment, some may be led... | |
 | Sir William Molesworth - 1840 - 146 psl.
...use the words of Sir George Arthur) " in order to enjoy the excitement of being sent up to Ilobart Town for trial, though aware that in the ordinary...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival." Your Committee, however, cannot help referring to a remarkable document with respect to a penal settlement... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 388 psl.
...would not have had to testify that, in Van Diemen's Land, convicts committed murder for the purpose " of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, though...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival;" nor would tears of commiseration have been drawn from Judge Burton's eyes, by one of these cruelly-used... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 400 psl.
...would not have had to testify that, in Van Diemen's Land, convicts committed murder for the purpose " of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, though...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival;" nor would tears of commiseration have been drawn from Judge Burton's eyes, by one of these cruelly-used... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 400 psl.
...would not have had to testify that, in Van Diemen's Land, convicts committed murder for the purpose " of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, though...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival; " nor would tears of commiseration have been drawn from Judge Burton's eyes, by one of these cruellyused... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1871 - 440 psl.
...that, in Van Diemen's Land, convicts committed murder for the purpose " of being sent up to JTobart Town for trial, though aware that in the ordinary...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival; " nor would tears of commiseration have been drawn from Judge Burton's eyes, by one of these cruellyused... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1872 - 432 psl.
...would not have had to testify that, in Van Diemen's Land, convicts committed murder for the purpose " of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, though...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival;" nor would tears of commiseration have been drawn from Judge Burton's eyes, by one of these cruellyused... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1883 - 768 psl.
...in the harbourless island. Sir George Arthur had declared that convicts at Port Arthur had committed murder " in order to enjoy the excitement of being...must be executed within a fortnight after arrival." So rigid and secure had been Arthur's rule that ) out of 116 runaways from Macquarie Harbour 101 had... | |
 | Charles White - 1889 - 710 psl.
...committed murder " in order to enjoy the excitement of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, although aware that in the ordinary course they must be executed within a fortnight after arrival." The diet of the prisoners was different according to the nature of their offence, which 'determined... | |
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Island, and where culprits are as reckless, if not more reckless, committing murder (to use the words of Sir George Arthur) 'in order to enjoy the excitement of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, though aware that in the ordinary course they must... 
