Alfred Dancey was convicted of the murder of nineteen year old William Braund on Bedminster Bridge, Bristol in 1849.
At the time of the murder William was working for a local wine merchant.
Alfred was also working - the newspapers say he was an errand boy but his prison records describes him as a porter and later a bricklayer.
Alfred was a miller's son from Bathwick, he was 4 foot 10 and 3/4 inches tall with dark brown hair and grey eyes.
He left for Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the Equestrian in 1852.