Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Samuel Austin was transported on the Aurora, departing 3rd Jul 1833 and arriving 3rd Nov 1833 with 300 passengers.
Aurora (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 152 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18320906-15 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18320906-15-defend272 Petition file HO 17/51/72 UK National Archives Discovery Advanced Search |
| 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
This conviction (initially a death sentence) arose from a gang attack on a policeman. The theft of a handkerchief seems to be almost incidental but a pawnbroker's receipt (called a duplicate) is evidence against Samuel Austin, corroborating information from a female (relative ?) also called Austin. The petition file has the police view of the Austin family and the main petitioner William Sturgeon (who claimed Austin was an employee and in bed by ten o'clock). " Sturgeon is Austin's step brother and has been apprehended by the police a number of times. PC Petty believes Sturgeon was one of those who robed him but cannot swear to it. The Austin family are considered 'the worst characters in the neighbourhood of Haggerston' and live entirely by stealing." Samuel Austin's sentence was respited but he was also given a month in solitary confinement and time at hard labour before transportation. Many death sentences from the September Session of the Old Bailey in 1833 were respited to transportation for life. This petition file and others refer to "Considered at report in council 18 October 1832." That year the First Reform Act was passed in June. It was a disappointment to working people widening the franchise overall but imposing a property qualification to vote which excluded almost all artisans. The Reform Act 1832 followed two crisis years when rioting had followed loss of earlier Bills. The incident in this case is in August 1832.
Indent No; 100. Ticket of Leave; 41/2586