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=== Certificates of Freedom === | === Certificates of Freedom === | ||
A '''certificate of freedom''' was a document stating that a '''convict's sentence had been served''' and was usually given to convicts with a 7, 10 or 14 year sentence or when they received a pardon. | |||
A document stating that a convict's sentence had been served and was usually given to convicts with a 7, 10 or 14 year sentence or when they received a pardon. Convicts with a life sentence could receive a Pardon, but not a Certificate of Freedom. The Certificate of Freedom number was sometimes annotated on the indent or noted on a Ticket of Leave Butt. Colonial [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=19 Certificates of Freedom] relate to sentences received for offenses committed after arrival in the colony. The government retained certificates of freedom butts, which were similar to ticket of leave butts. | *Convicts with a '''life sentence''' could receive a Pardon, but not a Certificate of Freedom. | ||
*The Certificate of Freedom number was sometimes '''annotated on the indent or noted on a Ticket of Leave Butt.''' | |||
*Colonial [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=19 Certificates of Freedom] relate to sentences received for offenses committed after arrival in the colony. The government retained certificates of freedom butts, which were similar to ticket of leave butts. | |||
=== Pardons === | === Pardons === | ||