Caroline Cottrell born 1817

[arthurk]

I also thought Montague, with a / following - thanks, JenB, for finding some corroboration.

[JenB]

Looking at other pages in the same set it’s clear that all such cases begin with a surname then a / as Arthur suggests.

So I’m confident the word in question is Montague/

It’s unclear what the significance of the surname is because they are all different, so I don’t think they can all be judges.

[JenB]

I think now that it’s perhaps more likely that the name preceding the charge was that of the person in authority at the penal colony who had brought the case.

[Charlie24]

This is really interesting - and a great help.
Thank you so much.
Cheers
Charlie

[Charlie24]

More on the name Montague - I accessed the database of Female Convicts at the Uni of Tasmania.
Montague was in fact the "Master" (presumably of the establishment she was assigned to) - date of offence 11th August 1843, the magistrate's initials given as P.S.
Plus probation noted 21st April 1846 '3rd Class'.
I'm still trying to decipher the writing at the top of the form - dates beginning 27/4/1844.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you again for all your help.
Charlie

[Wiggy]

 . . . . .  is the stuiff above the line,  over Caroline's name, referring to the same person? 
Sometimes there are several different convicts listed on per page.

Worth asking?     

[Charlie24]

You could be right, Wiggy
 I looked again at the full page at:
Record of Conduct: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-2$init=CON40-1-2p241
Nothing seemed to be recorded about these items in the Uni of Tasmania database.
Cheers
Charlie

[Wiggy]

I wonder if it would be worth asking someone from the library to interpret that 'above line' info?

They might help.   

[JenB]

You could be right, Wiggy
 I looked again at the full page at:
Record of Conduct: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-2$init=CON40-1-2p241
Nothing seemed to be recorded about these items in the Uni of Tasmania database.
Cheers
Charlie

For some reason the full link to the page doesn’t work.
For anyone wanting to look at the whole page, you need to use the menu bar at the left hand side and select page 241.

The writing above the line could apply to the previous person, Jemima Clements, but if it does why was such a huge space left above it?

Thanks for establishing who Montague was.