Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Batton was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th May 1820 and arriving 28th Oct 1820 with 170 passengers.
The 'Guildford' was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 313 (158) |
| 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
James Batten, John Turner, and Charles Flasuté, stood indicted for stealing 700 lbs. Weight of salt on the 13th September last, the property of Mr. James Kelly, and another. It appeared in evidence, that Messrs. Kelly and Lucas purchased a quantity of salt, that had been saved from the wreck of the ship Thomas; that it was in casks on the beach at Sandy Bay Point, and that the prisoners, by eluding the vigilance of those in charge thereof, succeeded in carrying off the quantity specified in the indictment. The boat in which they carried it off, was watched to the Old Jetty, where the prisoners were taken into custody.—Guilty, to be transported for seven years. Reported in The Colonist (Hobart Town) Tues Nov 19 1833 James Batton, sentence expiring and about to obtain Cert of freedom on date indicated: Colonial. Guildford, -James Batton - 18th inst. Reported in the Cornwall Chronicle, Launceston, 7 Nov 1840.
Salisbury The quarter sessions of the peace for this county commenced at Devizes on Tuesday last. ...There were seventy prisoners on the calendar for trial: the following were convicted, and sentenced as under: James Batten, for stealing from a boat on the Kennet and Avon Canal, a towing line and basket; and Wm. Curtis and James Neale, for breaking into a barn of Isaac Manning, Sherston Magna, and stealing ten bushels of wheat; seven years transportation. Salisbury Journal, 17 Jan 1820 No. 314 - James Batton, 5ft 7 ½ in; black hair, hazel eyes, age 27, carter, convicted Wilts, 11 Jan 1820, sentence 7 yrs; transported on Guildford 1820; (underneath, convicted at (Launceston, crossed out,) Hobart Town; J.C. 13 Nov 1833, 7 yrs;) Native place, Bradford , Wilts, crippled left foot, scar back of rt hand. Freedom Cert. 15 Jan 1827 from Tas. record, register of male prisoners