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Felony
WHEREAS about the latter end of Octo-
ber last, the several Persons herein under named, then under a regular contract to the Firm of Kable and Underwood, to serve in their employ in or upon any of the Islands reforted to in Bass's Straits, did of their own accord, and without the permission and consent of the said Copartners, or any person in their behalf, unlawfully abscond and desert from the service of their said Em- ployers, by entering and engaging themselves on board an American ship called the Perse - feverance, said to be fitted out from New York, and commanded by
- DELNO.
And whereas they, the Persons herein under named as aforesaid, did FELONI- OUSLY steal, take, and carry away, or cause to be stolen, taken, and carried away from a a certain place known by the name of Cape
Barren,
One Suit of Sails and Rigging belonging to a
Boat ; and
A Quantity of Tackling and other Implements
Furnished and provided by the said Em- ployers for the use and convenience of a Gang or Gangs of men stationed at and about the aforesaid Islands, for the purposes of pro- curing skins and Oil,
This is therefore earnestly to require, that at any port or ports soever whereat the Of- fenders may be found and secured, they or any of them be taken into custody ; and that
the earliest advice thereof be transmitted to the said Employers, in order that the Delin- quents may be brought to condign punish- ment. And in that case, the aforesaid Co- partners do hereby bind themselves to pay a Reward for their being so apprehended (on conviction of them or any of them), the sums unto their respective names annexed,
viz.
For Robert Pawson, Master of the Gang,
One Hundred Pounds Sterling ; For David White, Twenty Pounds ;
-Henry Young }
-Richard Morris } 10£. each -James Anderson }
And for Four others whose Names are not
yet ascertained, a Reward of 10£ each
will be paid also.
H. KABLE,
J, UNDERWOOD.
- The above named Robert Pawson is supposed to have been instrumental in sedu- cing those who accompanied him from their duty to their Employers (by breaking thro' the Articles in which they were penally bound), and in exciting them to aid and assist him in the perpetration of the aforesaid Fe- lony :-He (Pawson) stands about 5 feet 7 inches high ; short light hair, commonly called sandy coloured, curling in his neck ; appears to be about 34 years of age ; and is a native of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick.
Sydney, Nov. 10, 1804.