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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Battlebury was transported on the Marion, departing 27th Sep 1847 and arriving 9th Jan 1848 with 301 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 223 (113) |
| 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
ALLEGED HORSE-STEALING.— William Cooke, alias John Battlebury, was charged with horse-stealing. The evidence adduced being unsatisfactory, and in no way implicating the prisoner, he was released from custody. The Argus, (Melbourne) 17 Jan 1860.
Bath Midsummer Sessions. John Battlebury, 16, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, on the 16th of May, two table spoons and two salt spoons, value 30s, the property of the Rev. D. Wassail, of Southcot Place - Guilty. A former conviction was proved against the prisoner, felony, in January, 1844. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Bath Chronicle, 2 July 1846.