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John Bates was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 128 |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 3 Jan 1833. Before Mr. Justice Alderson. 370. JOHN BATES, alias HABBACK , was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Dowden , on the 28th of November , and stealing 3 live tame geese, price 12s., and 4 live tame fowls, price 12s., his property; and that he had been before convicted of felony . EDWARD DOWDEN. I live at Hanwell . On the 28th of November I locked the house up about six o'clock - I locked my cellar door at six; my fowls and all were safe then - the cellar is under the house - I cannot go from the inside of the house into the cellar; I went to bed about eight, and between eleven and twelve o'clock I heard a noise in the cellar - I got up, went out of doors, and saw the three geese laying dead; they had been in the cellar - a man stood by the side of the verandah - I made a blow at him, and he ran away; I called for my gun, and the prisoner came out at the cellar door; I struck at him with a stick, and saw his face - he was dressed in a smock-frock; he had no hat on; he called for mercy: my wife checked my arm, and he went away; having no shoes on, I did not go after him - I struck him a heavy blow on the head; he was taken next day, and I went down to the office, but he had been liberated; I saw him near a month afterwards, and am positive he is the man - I saw a mark on his head then. HARRIET DOWDEN . I got up with my husband, and saw the man come out of the cellar door, and saw my husband hit him - he begged for mercy; I went out, caught hold of my husband's arm, and begged him not to hit him any more - the prisoner was the man, I am sure. THOMAS POYNTON . I am a Policeman. On the 29th of November I met the prisoner coming down Jackass-lane, in a direction from the prosecutor's house, about one o'clock in the morning; his head was bleeding - he appeared to have recently had a severe blow on the head; he said he had been to Uxbridge, drinking with some friends, that he had fallen out of a cart, and lost his hat; his clothes were not dirty - he had no hat on; I took him into custody; he had his smock-frock wrapped about his head - he was about a mile and a half from Mr. Dowden's. FRANCIS MALLALIEU . I am an inspector of the Police. produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction of felony, in Surrey (read) - I know him; I was present at the trial - he is the person; I apprehended him on the charge. Prisoner's Defence. I had been to Uxbridge to look for a job, at Fowler's barge: another man got the job - I fell in with two or three coalheavers, and got a little too much to drink: they put me into a cart, to take me home; I pitched off the cart on some gravel stones, which cut my head; I got up, and about ten minutes after I found three young chaps by me; they snatched my hat off: I put my smock-frock over my head, and walked towards home - I was tipsy - the Policemen stopped me; next morning the serjeant looked at my head, and said, "Well, it looks like a fall, there is a little gravel in it; I shall let you go." GUILTY (of stealing only.) Aged 20. Transported for Life .
Absconded. Bates John, alias Habback, Lord Lyndock, 33,2238, 22, Middlesex, brickmaker, 5 feet 8½ inches, dark sallow comp., brown hair, brown eyes, scar left eyebrow, scar top of forehead, anchor, mermaid, M P lower right arm, two anchors, J H and mermaid left arm, nail of left middle finger split, charged with larceny, from Watch House, Yass, since August 19. NSW Govt Gazette, 9 Sep 1835.