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Transportation
William Apps was transported on the Speke, departing 5th Aug 1826 and arriving 26th Nov 1826 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 49 (26) |
| 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 Records. HO-9-4-4. Page 20 Justitia Hulk Received 18 April 1826. William Apps, age 22, Stg beans, Tried at Canterbury Q S, 7 April 1826, 7 years, Transported 26 July 1826.
CORN STEALING. William Apps, charged on suspicion of breaking open and entering the barn of Edward Toker, in the parish of Ospringe, on the 24th day of January last, and stealing therefrom six bushels of beans. Mr. Mansuam detailed the case . Mr. Toker is a gentleman of considerable property; and the barn door had been locked. on evening in the prisoner was in his employ as waggoner’s mate. question by Holland, the bailiff, who left two sacks of beaus in the barn; the next morning he missed six bushels out of them, and suspecting some of the servants must have stolen them for the purpose of feeding the horses, he placed a person in an out-house to watch where it was ascertained the beans had been deposited. About half past, ten o'clock  prisoner and a boy, who had been admitted as an evidence for the prosecution, made their appearance, and just as they were in the act of removing the person who had been waiting for their arrival pounced upon both and secured them. William Trice, an, accomplice, examined.—On the 24th of January was in Mr. Toker's service as second boy; prisoner was also in the same service as waggoner's mate ; both agreed to take the beans for the use of their master's horses; witness went to the small door of the barn, then opened the large  doors, and admitted the prisoner ; it was about half-past ten o'clock night ; took with them a candle and lanthorn  afterwards beans in a waggon lodge; and broke part of the door, Co give it the appearance of having been forced. The circumstances of the apprehension of the prisoner and witness were then detailed by a person named Silver, who made capture of the prisoner and his. companion... The Chairman then summed up and Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Kentish Weekly Post, 11 April 1826.
Convict Applications to Marry. William Apps, per Speke (3), age 32, 7 years, Free; and Margery Campbell, per Palambam, age 25, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 21 Dec 1835, Sydney. NSW Marriage Registrations 1836. Ref 77/1836 William Apps and Margery Campbell, CJ district. (Church of England, Sydney, St James) Margery Campbell arrived per Palambam in 1831.
23/04/1833 - Certificate of Freedom granted. (Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 25/04/1833).