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Voyage
Transportation
John Armitage was transported on the Governor Ready, departing 26th Mar 1827 and arriving 31st Jul 1827 with 190 passengers.
Governor Ready (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 125 (64) |
| 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
Lincolnshire Assizes. Robbery at Somerby (near Grantham). John Armitage, aged 20, and John Endsor, aged 18, were indicted for feloniously assaulting Mr. John Hall, in the parish of Somerby, on Sunday the 18th of June last, and robbing him silver watch value 7£. Endsor lately lived at near Nottingham, and Armitage is from the same neighbourhood. Mr. John Hall, the prosecutor, a gentleman apparently more than 60 years of age, stated that about half past nine o'clock on the night of 18th he was walking from his house at Grantham to house which be occupies about mile from Grantham; when ... on foot-path, he met one passed on his right hand, the other on his left: on passing him, one of them said go it, or At it, and immediately he received violent blows on the head with bludgeons, which stunned a good deal; on turning round to speak to them, was struck on the front of the head with a bludgeon, which broke open his skull and knocked him backwards: whilst he was lying on the ground they continued to strike him violently, and had he not protected his head covering it with his arms, it must have been mashed to pieces. When he was quite disabled, they ceased beating him. He then said, My life can be of no service to you, I've nothing about me but my watch that can do you any good. One of them said, Give it me then: he replied, I believe will be of no use to me, and you may take it; you have disabled me from doing any thing. They took his watch, and turned his pockets inside out, bat found nothing else; they then ran off towards Grantham. It was about a quarter of an hour before he was able to get up; on doing so, he found two broomsticks', one of which had been broken; with the assistance of the other he was enabled to reach home. He was so severely beaten that he was not able to leave his house for 10 days, and continued under the care of Dr. Turner till last Saturday. Is quite sure the prisoners are the men; knows them by their countenances: they were both dressed in light-colored clothes. ... Stamford Mercury, 14 July 1826. Judgment of death was not passed upon a single prisoner; and only in one case was it recorded, viz. against John Armitage and John Endsor, for robbing with violence at Harrowby. Stamford Mercury, 14 July 1826.
On Saturday last the following convicts were removed from Lincoln Castle to the Leviathan hulk in Portsmouth harbour -.—John Armitage John Endsor, for their lives; Thos. Banding, John Gamble, Jas. Gray, Thos. Cooling, Wm. Smith, James Louth, John Grant,. Wm. Jackson, James Richards, and John Haddock, for seven years each. Stamford Mercury, 17 Nov 1826.