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Transportation
George Arrowsmith was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 243 (123). UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858. Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32). |
| 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
OTHER: From the Toodyay Convicts database: Arrowsmith, George (1841-1916); #4625, 1858-01-01 per Nile (https://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/).
8 July, 1857: He was sent to Chatham, a public works prison for male convicts east of London, at St Mary’s Island, in Kent (https://www.prisonhistory.org). On the record of “male transports” from Portsmouth Convict Establishment, per Nile to WA, he was listed as 23 / #1101, 14 years old, single, a labourer, illiterate and convicted for bestiality. His behaviour in separate confinement and public works jails was “good” and “very good” respectively (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --00--
7 June, 1856: He was admitted to Portsmouth as inmate #3371. He was listed as 14 (his age when convicted), illiterate, CofE, a labourer, single and sentenced to 14 years' transportation for bestiality -- "felony with a certain pig". Next of kin was his father, Richard Arrowsmith of Newtown, Whitchurch. A notation on his record says "A Brother ... has been convicted of felony and sent to a Reformatory School." (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858). --0--
4 October, 1855: He was transferred to Millbank gaol, at Westminster in London. By the 1850s, Millbank and Pentonville were places for all male convicts to serve “their probationary term [of 9 months], after which they would be transported or sent to a public works prison” (https://www.prisonhistory.org). George Arrowsmith served 8 months 3 days in separate confinement at Millbank (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners to 1885). —0—
JAILS: He was held at Salop, according to jail records -- which is the old name for Shropshire. Most likely he was an inmate of Shrewsbury County Gaol and House of Correction where he served 4 months 8 days in separate confinement. --0--
TRIAL: 26 July, 1855: George Arrowsmith, 14, was convicted at Shrewsbury Assizes and sentenced to 14 years' transportation for bestiality (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858). --0--
Convict No.4625 Fremantle Prison database give Georges' birthdate as '1850' - and convicted of sheep-stealing -- http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa21.html give his age as 14 and this should be the age when he was tried, which was 26/7/1855, and convicted of Beastiality. George Arrowsmith was 5'6¾" tall, brown hair and eyes, full face, healthy complexion, stout build,illiterate, unmarried, cut 2nd finger right hand, cut left forefinger. 28/3/1859: TOL 30/12/1861: CP