Stephen Hammond

Stephen Hammond was 22 years old when he was sentenced to 15 years transportation to Australia. He could read and right.

He married convict, Ann (Anne) Perry in 1852 and after Ann completed her sentence they boarded the "Lizzie Webber" in Launceston, bound for Sydney, New South Wales. A day or two after they landed in Sydney, they together with four other passengers of the same ship, got a fellow passenger, James Hunt, drunk and robbed him of 192 pounds. When arrested two certificates were found in Stephen Hammond's bag, a certificate of freedom for Ann Hammond and a conditional pardon for himself.

One newspaper articles mentioned that James Proctor, Ann Hammond and Stephen Thomas were discharged. The remaining prisoners stood trail, resulting in Stephen and the other men being sentenced to five years. Another article stated that William Williams, John Hewitt, Stephen Thomas, Stephen Hammond and George Proctor were sentenced to 5 years ard labour on the roads or other public works of the colony and that Ann Baker, Ann Hammond and Elizabeth Proctor received two years' hard labour in Parramatta gaol.

Stephen served his sentence in Darlinghurst Gaol and Cockatoo Island in Sydney.

Ann remained in New South Wales and died Wagga in 1879. Stephen received his ticket of leave for Ipswich in 1858.

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