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Henry Akhurst was transported on the Neva, departing 27th Jul 1833 and arriving 21st Nov 1833 with 170 passengers.
The Neva was a Three-Masted Barque built at Hull in 1813, Lloyd's register 1814. Traded between England & Jamaica then refitted in 1830's to carry convicts. Tons burthen: 327 bm (builders old measurement) Length: 104 ft 4 in (31.80 m) Beam: 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Armament: 4 × 9-pounder guns Second voyage transporting convicts to Australia ended in a disaster, being shipwrecked near King Island, Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) in 1835. It is recorded that only 15 survived, 6 being Irish female convict women and several crew including Capt. Peck. They were transported to Launceston. On board were also several free passengers and children. A total of 224 lives lost and one of the worst ship wrecks in history.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 184 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18330214-71 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18330214-71-defend693 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Old Bailey Online HENRY AKHURST. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 14th February 1833 Text type Trial account Defendants HENRY AKHURST Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 14th February 1833 Reference Number t18330214-71 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 495. HENRY AKHURST was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of January , 1 horse-collar, value 7s.; 1 trace' value 2s.; 1 pair of harness, value 5s.; 2 bridles, value 5s., and 1 pair of reins, value 3s. , the goods of Charles Vincent Webb . WILLIAM WARN . I am servant to Mr. Charles Vincent Webb; he rents a stall in the stable in Ebury-mews - the prisoner was in the habit of coming backwards and forwards to see a person who lives in the loft. On the evening before this robbery I saw my master's harness all right, and next morning it was gone. WILLIAM HAYSON . I rent a room over the stable. On the Saturday night the prisoner came and asked me for a night's lodging; I had known him four or five years before, and told him he might sleep in the loft, which he did, and in the morning he left me without notice - Ward came to me, and said the property was lost; I was ill in bed, and swear I knew nothing about it. BENJAMIN FLORD . I am a hackneyman. On the Sunday morning in question, about half-past seven o'clock, the prisoner came and knocked at my stable door; I was not up - I had known him seven or eight years; he had been in respectable situations, at Lady Murray's and other places - he brought this harness to me; he asked 18s. for it- I asked whose it was; he said, it had been given to him by a young man who he had done some work for - I said I did not want it, but he begged me to let him leave it with me till he could get a customer for it, which I did; this is it. THOMAS YOUNG (Police-constable D 132). I apprehended the prisoner at the corner of Riding-horse-lane; he said his name was Hall, and he knew nothing about the harness.(Property produced and sworn to.) The prisoner put in a written Defence, stating that a man had given him the harness to dispose of, and that the stable was free of access to every body. GUILTY . Aged 38. - Transported for Seven Years .
Henry Akhurst was 38 years old when indicted for stealing 1 horse-collar, value 7s., 1 trace, value 2s., 1 pair of harness, value 5s., 2 bridles, value 5s., 1 pair of reins, value 3s., the goods of Charles Vincent Webb. Henry was born in Sussex. 1838: TOL Parramatta 31/31840: COF 9/11/1840: COF.