A friend and I drank this wine while watching the movie, 'Dead in Tombstone'. Of course none of the crimes committed in the movie were small enough to get you transported to Australia. You would have been executed.
The
following is the list of crimes that was punishable by transportation
to Australia 1.) All theft above the value of one shilling.2.) Thefts
under the value one shilling. 3.) Receiving stolen goods, jewels and
plate. 4.) Stealing lead, iron or copper. 5.) Stealing ore from black
lead mines. 6.) Stealing from furnished lodgings. 7.) Setting fire to
underwood. 8.) Stealing letters.9.) Assault with intent to rob. 10.)
Stealing fish from a pond or river. 11.) Stealing roots, trees or
plants. 12.) Bigamy. 13.) Assaulting, cutting or burning clothes. 14.)
Counterfeiting the copper coin. 15.) Clandestine marriage. 16.) Stealing
a shroud from a grave. 17.) Watermen carrying too many passengers on
the Thames , if any drowned. 18.) Incorrigible rogues who broke out of
prison and persons reprieved from capital punishment. 19.) Embeuling
naval stores.
A few others that don't fall into these categories but were sent anyway;
http://www.convictcreations.com/history/crimes.htm
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