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New Zealanders belonging to Ship Ploughboy given into the custody of the Police on suspicion of murder.
August 21, 1837.

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c.

      Information having reached Sydney that some New Zealanders belonging to the American ship Ploughboy, after murdering some sailors had stolen a boat and left the ship, the New Zealanders who were picked up at sea by the Achilles whaler, in a boat supposed to belong to the Ploughboy, have been given into the custody of the Police on suspicion of murder.


The Sydney Herald (Mon 21 Aug 1837), p. 2.     

Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, Jun 11, 2023