Ship:
Earl St. Vincent 1820
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
Joseph Butler per Earl St. Vincent, in the service of Alexander Warren, charged with theft. Mr. Fisher states - I am in charge of Mr Warrens property at his farm on the 1st Branch of Hunter River. Butler has been accused by others on the farm of committing petty depredations, therefore I was on the look out for him. Last week I caught him in the act of breaking into a hut. On finding himself detected he absconded and was afterwards taken near Mr. Sinclairs farm. John McDonald, government servant to Mr. Warren states - A few weeks since I saw Butler take a piece of meat from Mr. Fishers hut and hide it. Afterwards when he produced it to use, I asked him how he came by it. He said he had taken it but would not do so any more if I would not mention it. He also told me he had taken some flour. The prisoner denied altogether the statement made by John McDonald, states that he did not break into the hut as asserted by Mr. Fisher and that he was attending his herd of cattle when taken near Mr. Sinclairs. It appears that when he was taken there were not any cattle in the neighbourhood. Joseph Butler sentenced to 50 lashes and to work in the mines
Ship:
Earl St. Vincent 1820
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Details:
Convict servant of John Platt
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Archives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88
Details:
On list of assigned convicts who are not mechanics. Assigned to John Platt
Place:
Orange Grove, Paterson Plains
Details:
Overseer employed by John Powell
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle
Details:
Labourer from Queens co., Committed for trial at Supreme Court. Sent to Sydney gaol 25 February
Surname:
Byrne (Byrnes) (Burns)
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Archives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-
Details:
On list of assigned convicts who are not mechanics. Assigned to Lieut. James Reid
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle
Source:
General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details:
Prisoner under sentence of transportation for 7 years. Assigned to John Laurio Platt at Newcastle. (See http://www.jenwilletts.com/john_laurio_platt.htm to find the location of John Platt's land near Newcastle)
Details:
Prisoner arrived from Hobart per "Jane" to be received into Sydney Gaol
Details:
Granted Certificate of Freedom
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
2. Thomas Caldwell per Castle Forbes in the service of government charged with drunkenness and neglect of duty in conniving at the escape of sundry prisoners with the Commandants gig. The Chief Constable states...I saw Caldwell on the night that the gig was taken, go into the house of one of the runaways. I was watching the house at the time as I know that some prisoners were assembled there and I had a suspicion they were going to attempt to rob the store. I think Caldwell must have known of their intentions to steal the boat, but I have no proof of it. He was constable on duty that night. He appeared as if intoxicated. The prisoners states in his defence that he went into the house to light his pipe and only remained a few minutes.. Sentence: Dismissed from his situation of constable and ordered into the town gang
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Archives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88
Details:
On list of assigned convicts who are not mechanics. Assigned to Lieut. Reid
First Name:
Constable James
Details:
Chief Constable at Newcastle
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Elizabeth Henrietta'
Details:
Prisoner at Newcastle wishing to marry Sophia Stratford
Place:
Church of England, Newcastle
Source:
Church of England Marriage Register Book 1818 - 1825. University of Newcastle
Details:
No. 29. Marriage of James Calvert to Sophia Stratford, both of Newcastle. Witnesses James and Mary Crofts. Minister Rev. G.A. Middleton
Source:
General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details:
Prisoner under sentence of 14 years transportation. Employed as Overseer at the prisoner barracks at Newcastle
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
Details:
Age 30. Convicted of Horse stealing on 4 March 1820 at York. Received onto the Leviathan Hulk from York Castle on 3 May 1820 and transferred to the convict ship Hebe for transportation to New South Wales on 12 July 1820
