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Voyage
Transportation
John Batt was transported on the Pestonjee Bomanjee, departing 6th Sep 1845 and arriving 30th Dec 1845 with 300 passengers.
Built 1835 at Dumbarton, Scotland. Wood barque of 595 Tons.
Pestonjee Bomanjee (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 382 |
| 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
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE OLD BAILEY Place of birth Walworth. Gender male. Height 5' 3.5". Religion Protestant 1453. JOHN BATT was indicted for stealing 8 planes, value 1l. 10s. 1 square, 1s.; 3 chisels, 6s.; 1 gauge, 1d.; 1 oil-stone, 1s.; 2 saws 3s.; and 1 bevel, 1s.; the goods of Samuel Palmer. SAMUEL PALMER . I am a carpenter, and live in Artichoke-place, Camberwell. The prisoner was in my service, and left, without notice, on the 27th of Feb., at noon—I missed a bevel—I spoke to the police, and it was put in the Hue and Cry—I looked about, and found a number of duplicates—I then found I had lost the articles stated—these are them—they are all mine. RICHARD LAW . I am a pawnbroker. I have some planes and saws, which were pawned by the prisoner. GEORGE CLARDGE . I am in the service of a pawnbroker. I have some tools of various sorts, which I took in of the prisoner at different times. Prisoner. I have worked for him for two years; he not only gave me tools to pawn, but he sanctioned my pawning them; I gave him the duplicates, which he put into a dressing-glass drawer in the workshop; he said he found them behind some blinds; I have been pawning his tools for eighteen months when the work was dull; he said I absconded, but I was run over, and went to the hospital; I left, and went to him at Camberwell, and was taken on the 10th of June; he gave me his watch to pawn once, Witness. That is not true—I never gave him anything to pawn in my life. ----BOCKER. I have heard the prosecutor ask the prisoner about tools which were missing, and he denied knowing anything about them. GUILTY .*— Transported for Seven Years. (There were three other indictments against the prisoner.) ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, THE 7TH OF JULY.
Burials in the parish of The Holy Trinity in the County of Buckingham in the year 1850. No; 2104 Name; John Batt Abode; Colonial Hospital When Buried; 28 March Age; 56 Ship; Pestonjee Bomanjee Quality or Profession; Ticket of Leave ** born abt 1794 Indent No; 17188. Offence; Larceny - 2nd conviction. Stealing Carpenter's Tools Status; Married Trial; 4 September 1845