George Popjoy was only on liberty a few days on ticket of leave, he and a woman named Harriet Trueman were charged before Bath magistrate’s court for assaulting Mr William Harding a medical gentlemen residing on comb-down near the city, robbing him of a gold watch, knife, a bunch of keys, a lobster and lozenges. Mr Harding was spending the night in Bath and was returning home at 12 o clock at on Monday night. In a lonely part of the carriage road, leading from Bath to Combe-Down, by the prior-park estate he was taken over by George and Harriet who must have followed him from the city. Harriet a powerful women, pushed him against the wall and held him forcibly by the throat. She said she had two men behind her, and if he squeaked it would be worse for him. After the incident Mr Harding returned to Bath and reported it to the police, upon three officers when to where the robbery took place. At 2 o clock in the morning, they found George and Harriet searching the road with a lightened candle which they extinguished as soon as they saw the police coming. They were both arrested, in Harriet’s pocket they found Mr Harding’s knife and lozenges. The…show more content… Similar to George Popjoy he was also charged with highway robbery and shoplifting in 1793. He was sentenced to transportation to Australia for life and he sailed on the Barewell convict ship which reached Sydney Harbor in 1798. In 1806 Charles was granted a ‘ticket of leave’ which gave him the freedom to work live, prior to the expiration of his sentence. Due to Beasley new found privilege he had become a successful innkeeper, auctioneer, ship builder and licensed victualler. He had a spirit license and owned 130 acres of land. Transportation did appear to have pragmatic approach in reforming hardened criminals in society and punishing Charles Beasley to transportation was beneficial on his
