Karl,
The date puts it well after "The Merry Monarch," Charles II, was restored in
1660. Although criminal activity could get you executed or transported
(quite possibly as what was basically a slave) to some place like Barbados,
other offenses such as being too free in expressing your opinion coudl get
you as bad or worse. I seem to remember that one of the inspirations for
our First Amendment was the case of a printer (whose name I do not recall)
who had printed something that was deemed unrespectful to Charles II who had
him drawn and quartered. In this same general period Daniel Defoe was
sentenced to the pillory for some similar offense (the pillory was capital
punishment because the government fastened you in it and generally allowed
the London mob to do what they what to you without hindrance--few survived).
So without further info it's hard to say what type of criminal Elisabeth
Carle might have been.
Harold Hahn
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl L. Hakmiller <karlh(a)concentric.net>
To: CARLE-L(a)rootsweb.com <CARLE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 2:01 PM
Subject: [CARLE-L] Elizabeth Carle, deportee