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Voyage
Transportation
John Allison was transported on the Morley, departing 19th Sep 1822 and arriving 11th Jan 1823 with 173 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 205 (103) |
| 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
Crown Calendar, [Lent?] Assizes, 1822, Lincoln. John Allison, aged 36, late of Theddlethorpe, laborer, committed 3rd February, 1822, charged, upon the oath of Charles Nainby of Grimsby, sheriff’s officer, and others, with breaking into the dwelling house of Charles Nainby, at Great Grimsby, in the night of the 24th of January last, and stealing seven pork pies, five pounds of cheese, a loaf of bread, twelve punds of ham, an earthen jug containing about two gallons of elderberry wine, and a glass decanter.—Not tried on this indictment. Also stands further charged upon the oath of James Wright, of Clee, farmer, and others, with breaking into the dwelling-house of James Wright, at Clee, in the night of 23rd of January last, and stealing a pair of pockets, two shillings in silver, a colored handkerchief, and a silk handkerchief, the property of Martha Taylor, spinster. Guilty—Death. [Original of the Calendar sold at auction in Melbourne 2022]
AGE AT DEATH: In this record, John Allison is listed as 78 years old when he died at Port Arthur (Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Registers of convict deaths, 1845-1874). --0--
2 February, 1847: Absconded. December, 1853: Struck off [the record]. 16 May, 1857: "Invalid removed from Impression Bay to Port Arthur." There are no further entries on this record until his death on 11 July, 1860, at Port Arthur (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-1$init=CON34-1-1P342).
COLONIAL CONVICTIONS & TICKETS OF LEAVE: 26 May, 1835: Convicted for larceny at Quarter Sessions, Richmond, and sentenced to 2 years' hard labour. -- Colonial Times 21 March, 1837: "John Allison, holding a ticket-of-leave, begged to give up his indulgence and be returned to the public works, not being able, as he stated, to labor." -- 4 April, 1844: ToL restored. 1 April, 1846: Sent to the Stone Breaking Gang for larceny under £5 conviction (9 months' hard labour) and deprived of ToL. 3 April, 1846: Sent to Port Arthur. --0--
TICKET OF LEAVE: Hobart Town Courier 12 February, 1831: Tickets of Leave ... John Allison 155, Morley 4. --
IN VDL: On arrival, John Allison was listed as convict #155, transported for "being a capital respite. Goal report convicted before and a long time lived in a cave in a wood and subsisted by plundering, is quite incorrigible". Hulk report "orderly". Stated this offence "stealing a handkerchief". Listed as a farmer's labourer and a ploughman, 37 years old (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch-xsl/image/viewer.html?CON31-1-1,433,43). --0--
NEWSPAPER report of his trial: 15 March, 1822: From the Stamford Mercury, p2: "Crown Court... Burglary at Clee. John Allison, aged 36, late of Theddlethorpe, was arraigned for burglariously entering the house of James Wright, at Clee, on the night of the 23rd of January last, and stealing a pair of pockets, two shillings, and two handkerchiefs the property of Martha Taylor. The entrance and robbery were proved to have been effected between 9 at night and the next morning, and the things were stolen from the room in which Martha Taylor (who was servant to Mr. Wright) slept. The two handkerchiefs were found upon the prisoner on his being apprehended a few days after the robbery, at a barn about a mile from Wright's house.— Guilty Death. Mr. Justice Best held out little hopes of mercy to the prisoner, who had dared in the perpetration of this burglary to enter the bedroom where a person was sleeping; and had it not pleased Providence to prevent that person from stirring, it was but too probable that murder would also have been committed." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --00--
JAIL: 15 June, 1822: #4602 John Allison was sent from Lincoln and received aboard the Retribution hulk, a "capital respite", aged 36 (UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 for Jno Allison; Retribution; Register; 1802-1834). 11 September, 1822: He was sent from the hulk to board the convict ship for transportation ((UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 for Jno Allison; Retribution; Register; 1802-1834). --0--
TRIAL: 9 March, 1822: John Allison was convicted at the Lincoln Assizes and sentenced to death, respited to transportation for life, for burglary (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for John Allison; England; Lincolnshire; 1822). Other records confirm the life sentence as "being a capital respite". In his own words, he had "stolen a handkerchief" but John Allison appears to have a number of previous offences to his credit, as per the commentary on his VDL Conduct Record below. --0--