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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Allbone was transported on the Lady Nugent, departing 12th Jul 1836 and arriving 12th Nov 1836 with 290 passengers.
Lady Nugent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 305 (155) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/38/38 Prisoner name: Thomas Albone (or Thomas Allbone), John Merryweathers (or John Merreweather or John Merryweather) and William Wright. Prisoner age: Albone, 25 years; Merryweathers, 26 years; Wright, 27 years. Court and date of trial: Bedford Lent Assizes, March 1836. Crime: Wounding with intent, to injure or murder John Stonebridge (keeper to Lord Ongley) at Hossacks Wood [Biggleswade, Bedfordshire] on 25 January 1836. Initial sentence: Death. Annotated (Outcome): 'Day of execution 2 April 1836'. Petitioner(s): Joseph Hume [MP]. J Sydney Taylor (defence counsel). Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Petitioning on a matter of principle; punishment of death in such cases is not productive of the public good; Albone had drawn his weapon with intent to destroy game, not to injure the keeper. Other papers: Newspaper cutting from the Morning Post reporting the trial. Notes giving legal arguments relating to recommendations to mercy by a jury. Letter from Gasalee [judge] to the Home Office informing them that reprieves for the three convicts have been forwarded [to the gaol]. Date, 1836 Mar.