Alfred Dancey
Alfred Dancey was a British schoolchild convicted of murder at the age of 14. He was transported to Australia in 1850, after he shot two classmates with a pistol he brought to the school.[1]
Dancey grew up in Bedminster, Bristol.[1]
External links
[edit]- http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/dancey/alfred/9822
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59770599 - Disagrees with the article content above - would be a massive coincidence if there were two such young people in 1850 shooting someone with a pistol.
- http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=10857 - Yet another version of the story.
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2042728733 - Agrees with item 2 above.
- http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian - Ship on which Dancey was deported.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wilson, Colin. "The Mammoth Book of True Crime", 1998
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