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The Wheel, Launceston, Tasmania
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My g-g-g-grandfather, Ephraim Francis, was transported to Tasmania in 1836 and on 2nd November, 1841, he was sentenced to 30 days hard labour on the wheel at Launceston for 'assaulting the Constable and drunkenness'. I've tried, but failed, to find out what this 'wheel' was. Can anyone help, please?
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http://www.southernmidlands.tas.gov.au/assets/southernmidlands_williams_arch_survey_2004.pdf
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This is a picture of one of the tread-wheels.
https://ancestrysearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/treadwheel.jpg
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