Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: 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 
 Question:_ being the woman she was took him to court.'

Deborah Ellam