Q: In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
A woman who was beaten by her convict husband after allowing pigs to stray into their garden became embroiled in the first ever domestic violence court case recorded in Australia. Deborah Ellam was just 17 when she was sent to Sydney for seven years as part of the First Fleet in 1788 for stealing two gowns in England. Just two months after arriving she married 28-year-old John Herbert who had been sentenced to death for highway robbery and assault at Plymouth, but had his charges downgraded and was sent to Australia. 'John had a history of assault. He was troublesome at times on the ship… their marriage was the same,' Ben Mercer, content director at Ancestry, told Daily Mail Australia.Deborah Ellam was sent to Australia on First Fleet in 1788 when she was 17She married John Herbert, who had a history of violence, two months laterHe lashed out at Ms Ellam within a year of marriage and she reported himJudge ruled case was trivial and sentenced Ms Ellam to 25 lashes
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_ being the woman she was took him to court.'