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Transportation
Andre Cassavant was transported on the Layton, departing 6th Apr 1841 and arriving 1st Sep 1841 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 294 |
| 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
Place of origin: Montreal, Quebec 1858 - INQUEST Murdered by William Davis The Cornwall Chronicle. Sat 5 Feb 1859. Page 2 THE NEW NORFOLK MURDER. William Davis, convicted of the wilful murder of Andre Caasavant, at the Back River, on the 25th of December last. His Honor, in passing sentence, said that it was evident that the prisoner's besetting sin was drunkenness, — and to that vice, acting on the prisoner's tem perament, was to be attributed his present awful position. After a most patient trial, the prisoner had been found guilty of a most heartless and cold blooded murder upon one who, from his position, his manifest kindness to the prisoner, even on the night of the murder, was entitled to look to him for protection. instead of that, without one moment's space for repentance, or making his peace with God, he was hurried by the hand of the prisoner into eternity. His Honor then feelingly besought the prisoner to prepare to meet his eternal Judge, and passed upon him the sentence of death, and directed his body to be dissected.