Martin Cash was born in Wexford, Ireland. He was born in 1808. His first crime was attempting to murder a man in 1827 he went to jail for seven years for doing this. When he got out of jail he was employed to be a stockman in The Yarra valley area.
In 1837 He moved to Tasmania and stole cattle, he was charged and arrested. He kept getting in trouble and in 1840 he went to a gaol with Port Arthur. At the place they believed that it was escape free. 2 years later in 1842 he tried to escape he succeeded.
When he got out he kept robbing houses and causing a lot of trouble for 20 more months. In 1843 he wounded Sir Constable Peter Winstanley. A couple months later he was doing criminal sessions. He was found guilty. They were sentenced to hang on the 14th of September. An hour before the execution they were reprieved. Both men got sent to Norfolk Island.
At Norfolk Island he became a free man. In 1852 he was considered trusty. Then in 1854 he married a lady named Mary Bennet. Then that year he became a constable.
In 1853 He granted a ticket to Tasmania. At Tasmania he got an appointment as an overseer en charge of the government’s domain.
In 1856 he was pardoned to a free pardon man.
In 1877 He got very, very sick and passed away.
Done by Casey
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good job it had lots of good information
Abbey
..... nice work CASAR
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