The convict was sentenced to ten years in prison for robbery.
The word convict is both a noun (convict, convicts) and a verb (convict, convicts, convicting, convicted). The noun convict is a singular, common noun, a word for aperson found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
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Some synonyms for convict are prisoner, felon, offender, and criminal.
The word "convict" can function as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it refers to a person found guilty of a crime. As a verb, it means to declare someone guilty of a crime.
There were no convict ships stationed there. Convicts were landed and the contracted transport ships departed.
The actual convict ships of the First Fleet were:The AlexanderThe CharlotteThe FriendshipLady PenrhynPrince of WalesScarborough
2 battleships 3 supply ships and 6 convict ships
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Those who had something to trade were interested in booze, tobacco and foodstuffs.
There were six ships in the Second Fleet of convict ships to New South Wales. Four of them were convict transport ships, one was a store ship, and one was a navy escort. The store ship was the Justinian. The navy escort, HMS Guardian, which also carried supplies and a couple of dozen convicts, did not complete the journey. After striking ice, it returned to South Africa where its convicts were moved to the Lady Juliana, but it was wrecked in waters off the coast.The convict transports were:Lady JulianaScarboroughSurprize / SurpriseNeptune
The Alexander was the largest of the convict transport ships, and it carried almost 200 male convicts.
Many ships landed in Australia in the 1700s. Among them were the HMS Bark Endeavour, commanded by James Cook, and the ships of the First, Second and Third Fleets, not to mention ensuing fleets of convict ships. The French also landed numerous ships on Autralia's shores.
Life on the ship was hard, difficult and stressful. Whoever died was thrown off the ship, especially with the major diseases.
A convict could have married a sailor on the First Fleet, but she would still have had to serve her time in New South Wales. A convict wife could not have stayed with her husband, and almost all of the sailors returned to England with the ships.
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