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Personal Information
Transportation
James Austen was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 401 (202) |
| 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
National Archives. Hulk Records HO-9-7_3 (page 6/47) Hulk Records. Retribution Hulk, Sheerness. Received from Maidstone, 9 April 1828. Jas Austen (2) age 17, Stg Oats, Tried Maidstone, 17 March 1828, Life, To NSW 23 May 1828. George Winser, age 16, Stg Oats, Tried Maidstone, 17 March 1828, Life, To NSW 23 May 1828. Thomas Winser, age 18, Stg Oats, Tried Maidstone, 17 March 1828, Life, To NSW 23 May 1828.
LENT ASSIZES. KENT. The Assizes for this county commenced on Monday at Maidstone. The calendar is very heavy, there being 123 prisoners for trial, … J. Austin, and G. and T. Winser, were convicted of stealing a quantity of oats and four sacks, the property of J. Hilder, at Sandhurst. ... London Mercury, 22 March 1828. Thomas Winser, charged with James Austin, George Winser, with breaking open the oast house of John Hilder, at Sandhurst, and stealing therefrom a quantity of oats, and four sacks, the property of Austin, the partial confession and the coincidents of the shoes of one of Winsers with the footsteps from the oast house, fully established the guilt of prisoners, and they were all convicted, ... Kentish Weekly Post, 25 March 1828.