I only looked at one set of papers which was the precognition papers for James Joss - it seems Mr Joss was a gardener who's employer had sacked him on the spot as he felt he was paying him too much. With a wife and small child James felt that he should at least get some amount of compensation for this sudden termination and went to the house of his employer to ask for this. He was not home and James broke in and took money from his writing desk to the tune of 112 pounds. Alot of money! But in testimony it is said that he did not know how much it was and he is described as "naturally soft and untutored in vice". So I would imagine this was why he would have been transported.
I'll do some more tomorrow but was not feeling up to too much today.
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