I'm not sure why it would be thought fake, the original ship's manifests are still extant so far as I know, though I'm not sure where they are.
The minimum sentence for a "felony" was 7 years -- Edward Miles stole a gentleman's waistcoat, so he was definitely hard core
. I'm not sure what Susannah did, but many of the convicts were transported for thefts of bread, oranges, salt, handkerchieves and other offences that were clearly contributing to the utter degeneration of society... A few of the 14-year sentences were for actual burglary, embezzlement, receiving stolen goods, that sort of thing. And there were a few murderers and other unpleasant sorts in the lot, of course. Most of those were officers though 
PS "Lady Juliana"? Never heard of it. The women were transported on "Lady Penrhyn", "Prince of Wales" and some mixed in with the men on the aptly named "Friendship" The best information, at least from my point of view, can be found at The Fellowship of First Fleeters
The minimum sentence for a "felony" was 7 years -- Edward Miles stole a gentleman's waistcoat, so he was definitely hard core
. I'm not sure what Susannah did, but many of the convicts were transported for thefts of bread, oranges, salt, handkerchieves and other offences that were clearly contributing to the utter degeneration of society... A few of the 14-year sentences were for actual burglary, embezzlement, receiving stolen goods, that sort of thing. And there were a few murderers and other unpleasant sorts in the lot, of course. Most of those were officers though PS "Lady Juliana"? Never heard of it. The women were transported on "Lady Penrhyn", "Prince of Wales" and some mixed in with the men on the aptly named "Friendship"
The best information, at least from my point of view, can be found at The Fellowship of First Fleeters
It could be worse