Source:
Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions, Bench Books, 1833-1836 (Ancestry)
Details:
Assigned to the A.A. Company. Case resumed....James Steele testified.....Last Thursday morning the prisoner came to me and he told me that the cake Latham brought to me was his. Crawley said it was his. I told the prisoner it must br brought before the Magistrate. William Brown admonished and discharged
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 136
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from the Police Office for examination. Sent to Goat Island 24 March 1837
Surname:
Brown alias Stockton
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 679
Details:
William Brown alias Stockton age 22. Native place Yorkshire. Tried at Northallerton 18 October 1830. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing a watch. Assigned to the A.A. Company on arrival
Surname:
Bunney (alias Pym)
First Name:
John (alias Joseph)
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 679
Details:
John Bunney, age 28. Widower with 1 child. Waterman, farm labourer from Leicestershire. Tried Derby Quarter Sessions 4 January 1831 and sentenced to 14 years tranpsortation for stealing fowls. 5ft 4 1/4in, ruddy complexion. Flower pot, fish, crown and other marks on right arm. man, woman, child, flower and other marks on left. Assigned to the A.A. Company on arrival
Surname:
Bunny (Bunney) (alias Pym)
First Name:
John (alias Joseph)
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Surname:
Burbage (alias Britain)
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 679
Details:
Joseph Burbage, age 23. Reads. Ploughs, reaps, sows, native of Derby. Tried 4th January 1831 and sentenced to 14 years transportation for robbing a tan yard. 5ft 11 3/4in, ruddy freckled complexion, light brown hair, Horse on upper part, two women, MBJBWBSR, man, woman, JRCR underneath on right arm. Boxer on upper part, tree, JR, sun, moon, stars, and anchor on left arm. Assigned to the A.A. Company on arrival
Surname:
Burbage (Barbage)
Details:
Assigned to Australian Agricultural Co.
Surname:
Burbage (Borbage) (alias Britain)
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Details:
Age 18. Assigned to Colonel Henry Dumaresq.
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
Details:
Age 11. Tried at Lancaster on 29 August 1829 and sentenced to transportation for life for burglary. James Burns and Thomas Rice aged 13 were both received onto the Euralysis hulk from Lancaster on 17 November 1829. James Burns was transferred to the Exmouth convict ship for transportation to New South Wales on 21st February 1831.
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 679
Details:
James Burns, age 14. Blockmaker from Liverpool. Tried at Lancaster assizes on 29 August 1829 and sentenced to transportation for life. 4ft 7 3/4in, pale freckled complexion, dark brown hair, Small scar on back of right wrist. Assigned to Carters Barracks on arrival. Note - died at Maitland 28 April 1847
Source:
Convict Death Register. Series 12213, SR Reel 690
Details:
Ticket of leave holder. Died at Maitland. Buried 28th April 1847
Details:
Ticket of leave holder. Burial date
Source:
Criminal Petitions. HO 17/54/3 National Archives, Kew
Details:
Prisoner age: 11. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes 1829. Crime: Burglary at the house of William Thompson, draper, of Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler s report: Mischievous disposition. Annotated: Nil; this case has been frequently considered and Mr Ewart has received an unfavourable answer upon a similar application a few days since. Petitioner(s): Ten freemen of the Borough of Liverpool; William Thompson (prosecutor) with three officers of St Peter s Church, Liverpool; Patrick Byrne (father) and six lodge masons of Dundalk, Ireland; 20 other applications by Patrick Byrne (father); three applications by Mary Byrne (mother). Grounds for clemency: His youth (11 years); parents are respectable, his father having been in the military for many years; seduced or compelled into the crime by older boys; three generations of the family have served in the military. Other papers: Seven covering letters and characters. Additional Information: Held on board Euryalus Hulk, Chatham. The convict was transported to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the Exmouth 1 April 1831. The convict was tried and convicted with Thomas Rice, [an older boy]. Notes state the prisoner s father served in the Fencibles, is 66 years of age, and James is his youngest child.
Details:
Stableman aged 25. Tried in Sussex. Ruddy, fair compl; Absconded from J. Hale
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 679
Details:
William Byfield, age 19. Reads and writes. Stable boy from Sussex. Tried 31st July 1831 and sentenced to transportation for life for housebreaking. 5ft 4 1/4in, ruddy fair freckled complexion. red or sandy hair, Scar at outer part right wrist. Assigned to John Wood on arrival
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Sydney. To be sent for trial for house breaking. Sent to the ironed gang at Maitland stockade 20 February 1840
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW. Microfiche 679. (Ancestry)
Details:
Age 20. Hatter and stable boy from Newbury. Convicted of house breaking at Cardiff on 28 August 1830 and sentenced to transportation for life for house breaking. Assigned to Hart Davis (in the Upper Hunter) on arrival.
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757
Details:
Thomas Bennett, Henry Thompson and Richard Callaghan sent to Newcastle gaol from Maitland after their sentence to the iron gang at Maitland expired. Magistrate Lieut. R. Scheberras
