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George Bagley was transported on the Calcutta, departing 31st Jan 1803 and arriving 4th Oct 1803 with 305 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 335 (167) |
| 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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SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HOBART TOWN, Saturday, 7th September, 1816. HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR in CHIEF having been pleased to extend Conditional Emancipations to the undermentioned Persons, and the same having been lately transmitted to His Honor the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, they may be received, on application being made at this Office, between the Hours of 10 A. M. to 3 P. M -- No. NAMES. .... 22 George Bagley By Command of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, THOMAS ALLEN LASCELLES, Secretary. Hobart Town Gazette, 7 Sep 1816. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 29th. GEORGE BAGLEY and George CAMPBELL, have been dismissed as Constables of Hobart Town, by the Sentence of a Bench of Magistrates, for improper Conduct. By Command of His Honor, H. E. Robinson, Secretary. Hobart Town Gazette, 29 May 1819.
Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-1$init=CON31-1-1P359 XXVIII. No 1042. George Bagley, per Calcutta 1803 & Ocean 1804. Tried Hobart Town Oct 1 1825.7 years. In margin: S.C. Free Pardon. No 472. 24 Aug 1839. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hulk Records. Portsmouth. HO-9-8_1 . page 51/52 Received eight from Hereford, 14 July. Geo. Bagley, age 20, Sheep stealing, Tried at Hereford, 16 Mar 1802, BS Life, Calcutta.
Hereford Assizes, At Hereford Assizes, which finished on Friday se'nnight, there were twenty-three prisoners in the Calendar—seven of whom were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, viz. …. George Bagley, for stealing six sheep and four lambs; … have been reprieved ; but ... and Bagley, are left for execution. Weekly dispatch 28 March 1802
Tasmanian Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1p55 Calcutta 1804, Ocean to VDL. George Bagley, Tried at Herefordshire G.D. 16 Mar 1802, Life . F.P. 24/8/39. 61- 3 Sessions, 7 years, 20 Dec 1825. ------------------------------------------------ SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL SIDE, OCTOBER 1, 1825. George Bagley and Thomas Bellamy, were charged with stealing 240 lbs. Of pork from Mr. W. Cross, at Break Neck Hill, near the Coal River. On the 22d of March last, he had killed a pig, and hung it up in an outhouse, in which he himself slept during the warm season, in order to avoid the vermin in his own hut. His only servant, and old man, after seeing his master to bed, and fastening his door with a bit of stick, retired to rest in the original hut, about four yards distant. At midnight two men came and fastened the door, on the outside, and told him that if he ventured to force it open, they would blow his brains out. He, however, opened a small window, opposite the door of the place in which his master slept, when he saw two men pull out the pig which had been killed, and the two prisoners run up, on a whistle being given, and all four carried it off. - His master, a very infirm old man, of respectable appearance, originally an inhabitant of Norfolk Island, confirmed these facts. When he heard the noise, and asked who was there, he was ordered to bed, and threatened to have his head blown off, by a man who held a musket close to his face, saying they were bushrangers. The old man, who excited much commiseration, was unable to stand, or to speak loud enough to be heard, and the Attorney General repeated his evidence to the Court. "In as little time," said he, "as I could mention, I heard the pig cut down ; and, says I to myself, my pig is gone ! but I had some consolation that if they were bushrangers they would not carry it all off." They were, however, sawyers in the neighbourhood. Verdict guilty against both prisoners. Hobart Town Gazette, 8 Oct 1825. --------------------------------------------------- Supreme Court, Dec 20. The following is a list of the prisoners sentenced, with their sentences:— 7 years: George Bagley, Thomas Bellamy, …. Colonial Times, 23 Dec 1825.