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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Amon was transported on the Lady Harewood, departing 15th Oct 1830 and arriving 4th Mar 1831 with 216 passengers.
Lady Harewood (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 515 (260) |
| 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
Hulk Record. Sheerness, Retribution Hulk. HO-9-7_3 page 26/47. Received from Hastings, 29 April 1830. Thomas Amon (?) alias Cook, age 33, misdemeanour, Tried Hastings, 22 Apr 1830, 7 years. Transported to NSW 11 Oct 1830. At our Quarter Sessions yesterday. following prisoners were convicted and severally sentenced as under, viz : Cook, for ... under false pretences of Mr. Pain, confectioner.—Seven years transportation. Sussex Advertiser, 26 April 1830. NSW Convict Index. Thomas Amon, per Lady Harewood, 1831, Ticket of Leave, No 36/1623. District, Maitland; Born, Sussex; Trade, Carp, sawy; Tried Sussex Q S. Thomas Amon, alias Cook, per Lady Harewood, 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 11 Nov 1837, No 37/0903. TL 36/1623.
1830 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Lady Harewood from England. Mustered; 214. Died; 1. Disembarked; 1. Number Embarked; 216 Indent No; 159 Name; Thomas Amon or Cook Age; 33 Read & Write. Protestant, Married; 1 child Native Place; Sussex Trade or calling; Ploughs, Shears, Milks, Reaps, Sows Offence; Obtaining Goods under False Pretenses Trial; Hastings - 22 April 1830 - Sentence; 7 years. Served; 14 years previous conviction Height; 5 ft 6 in Assigned; Maughan, Maitland Remarks; - 1836 - Ticket of Leave; 33/1623. 1837- Certificate of Freedom; C37/903 1847 - The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Sat 17 Apr 1847. Page 4. MAITLAND QUARTER SESSIONS. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. Thomas Arnon was charged with having passed a worthless order on Henry Hopkins, at Maitland, on the 31st December, 1846, and obtained from him a silver watch. ..................The prisoner made no defence, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Court sentenced him to two years on the roads in irons, it not being the first offence Full story; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/689286?searchTerm=thomas amon 1847 - 14 April. Gaol Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Entrance Book. Free. Trade; Labourer. Sentence; 2 years in Irons 1848 - Gaol Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Entrance Book. 1848 - 24 July. Absconded from Blackheath Stockade in Irons