Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Joseph Alexander was transported on the Bangalore, departing 1st Jan 1850 and arriving 30th Apr 1850 with 302 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 143 (73) Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18470510-1135 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpdef1-1135-18470510 Petition file HO 18/212/21 UK National Archives description of contents available on Discovery Advanced Search |
| 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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Convict Notes
The personal details I've removed were for Joseph Alexander who was transported on the Eliza for riotous conduct. This Joseph Alexander was a fur trader and hat maker (possibly Jewish as the case mentions letters in German and the Passover). Spitalfields was a Jewish area of East London at the time. "Farrier" should read "furrier" in my earlier edit.
The Swing Riots are 20 years earlier. See https://burtonlund.weebly.com/joseph-alexander.html
This is a very different case to that indicated before Edit. Please check original details which might apply elsewhere. Sailing date on Digital panopticon agrees with the case over theft of a half crown between trading farriers in Spitalfields.
Alternatively, is it possible Joseph Alexander could instead be the person who was: 10-May-1847: Found not guilty of feloniously harbouring and maintaining the said prisoners, knowing them to have committed the said felony. 10-May-1847: Indicted for stealing a half-crown, the money of Samuel Alexander [no relation]. Found guilty and sentenced to 7 years transportation. [Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 12 December 2019)] a: (t18470510-1134). - 10 May 1847 b: (t18470510-1135). - 10 May 1847 30-Sep-1849: Detained on the Prison Hulk, Warrior, at Woolwich, London. [Great Britain Home Office & Australian Joint Copying Project & National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales & Great Britain Public Record Office., "Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks, 1849, (File 99-101. AJCP Reel No: 5206)", Warrior Convict Hulk at Woolwich, Page 115] c1799: Alternate year of birth calculated from stated aged 50, in 1849 Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks.
He was sent to Australia along with his brother Mathias. The third, Edward Alexander was 'no prosecution' They feloniously destroyed machinery during the swing riots!