LIDDALL John
| Name | John LIDDALL |
| Country Of Origin | |
| Born | 1810 |
| Died | 1846 |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1810, at sea. |
| Parents | unknown |
| Apprenticeship | Thomas Maiston, Coventry, England (Watch Finisher) |
| Skills | Watchmaker |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | |
| Trial | 9 July 1828, Warwick Quarter Sessions, Warwickshire |
| Sentence | Seven years transportation housebreaking and burglary; stole one pair of silver and one pair of tortoiseshell spectacles. |
| Arrival | 29 July 1828 on the convict ship, William Miles |
| Police Number | 407 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Other | John Liddall faced court again in the new colony. He escaped death sentences by hanging in 1832 and 1844, with punishments changed to life sentences. Authorities recorded John as a ‘bad character’ on his conduct record. His many charges included stealing government property, cutting and wounding a fellow prisoner, absconding, and highway robbery while bushranging in its most aggravated form. Punishments included lashings, 100 for one incident and 75 for another, plus two years of hard labour in chains at Port Arthur.
John Liddall was transported to Norfolk Island, a place of exile for the worst offenders, and was hung on 3 November 1846 for the wilful murder of Henry Clarke. |
| Death | 3 November 1846, Norfolk Island Cause of death: Executed |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON31/1/27, CON32/1/4, CON18/1/21. Web: Founders and Survivors convict database; Ebook: The Sessional Papers printed by Order of the House of Lords or presented by Royal Command in the Session 1847. Cornwall Chronicle 3 & 17 April 1844; The Examiner (Launceston) 24 April 1844. |
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