City of Palaces was a convict ship that transported four convicts from Singapore to Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1857. It arrived in Fremantle on 8 August 1857. The four convicts were all soldiers and sailors who had been convicted by court-martial in India, and sentenced to transportation. Other than the four convicts, there were no passengers on board.
List of convicts on the City of Palaces Name Date of birth Trial place Trial date Crime Sentence Thomas Cullen 1841 Bombay 2 September 1856 Striking a sergeant 14 years John McCartney 1829 Karachi 26 April 1856 Assault and rape Life, commuted to 7 years Moses McConnell 1834 Poonah 22 November 1856 Throwing his cap at a lieutenant colonel 7 years John Nash 1831 Bombay 7 August 1856 Insubordination and mutinous conduct 14 years
See also List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia Convict era of Western Australia List of ship launches in 1854 List of shipwrecks in January 1860
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