from Government Gazette - Detained for bearing insufficient stamps -
Mrs BRAND, Larbert near Falkirk, Stirlingshire Scotland.
Hi EB,
I took a wee look into the above piece of info supplied by wivenhoe.
I had read this as Mrs Brand from Larbet near Falkirk had been detained for bearing insufficient stamps
and thought it strange to arrest someone for not having enough stamps on a letter! Although knowing the petty crimes some souls were transported for it maybe it wasn't so strange !
However I've discovered the original snippet on Trove in The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth W.A.) on 29th October 1856. Transcribed below.
The snippet is headed Government Gazette
October 28
The following list of unclaimed letters is published.
Coin, Mr Thomas ; Fowler, Mr Robert; Freeman, Mr Joseph
Detained for bearing insufficient stamps - Mrs Brand, Larbet near
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
From this I now realise that it is the letter which has been detained not Mrs Brand !
So either Mrs Brand sent a letter which had been detained In Australia until full postage paid or more likely the letter was to be sent to Mrs Brand in Scotland and didn't bear enough stamps.
Phew, at least Mrs Brand not in prison for the lack of a stamp.
Looby