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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
James Austin was transported on the China, departing 3rd Jan 1846 and arriving 16th May 1846 with 200 passengers.
Built 1837 at Hull. Wood ship of 524 Tons.
China (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 4 |
| 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
CRIMINAL COURT. James Austin, aged 25, was indicted for feloniously cutting and assaulting Edward Cartwright Middleton, at Chatham, in May last, with a view to do him grievous bodily harm.—The prosecutor, who is shopman to an oilman in Chatham, saw the prisoner one night making a hole in the shutter of a watchmaker's shop on the opposite side of the street, and went over to apprehend him; but the prisoner struck him some blows on the head with a chisel, which cut him to the skull, and deprived him of his senses; but the prisoner was apprehended by other persons.—The jury found him guilty of the assault, and, having been before convicted of felony, he was sentenced to 15 years' transportation. Dover Telegraph, 26 July 1845