Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Ball was transported on the Aurora, departing 18th Jun 1835 and arriving 27th Oct 1835 with 300 passengers.
Aurora (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 90 |
| 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
DEATH: 31 Julym 1846: Joseph Ball died at Hobart -- no circumstances given in this document (Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Registers of convict deaths, 1845-1874).
8 December, 1844: Issued with a Ticket of Leave (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-5$init=CON31-1-5p217). --0--
IN VDL: 8 October, 1835: On arrival, Joseph Ball was listed as convict #2334, married to Ann with one child, his wife living at his native place, Congleton in Cheshire. Family: Father-in-law William, a millwright at Swinston; brothers James, Thomas, William, John, Allen; two sisters in Essex, and one Jane at his native place. He said he had committed the crime while a "Constable under the Mayor". On the voyage, his behaviour was "exemplary" and "industrious" according to the ship's surgeon's report (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-5$init=CON31-1-5p217). --0--
NEWSPAPER reporting of the trial: "CHESHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS... Joseph Ball (39) was indicted for receiving a quantity of silver plate [teaspoons, forks and other items], the property John Johnson, Esq., Congleton. Two or three witnesses proved that Ball, who had been an informer against the thieves, had shown them silver articles, spoons, &c. which were broken up and others that appeared to them as purchased as part of the plate, and on their refusing to do so, that he requested them to lend him money to pay his fare to London. On his return from town, he told an individual that 'the b—y Jews had done him', for he only got from them money for the plate." (Chester Chronicle, 17 October 1834, p3) --00--
TRIAL: 13 October, 1834: Convicted at the Chester Quarter Sessions and sentenced to 14 years' transportation for receiving stolen silver (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-5$init=CON31-1-5p217). --0--
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year; 1841 No; 2334 Name; Joseph Ball Ship; Aurora Noted against name; DIED; 31 July 1846