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Transportation
Robert Biddle was transported on the Neptune, departing 30th Nov 1817 and arriving 5th May 1818 with 169 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 415 (209) |
| 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
SHOCKING DEPRAVITY. Robert Biddle, a pretty and interesting looking boy of 14, was then brought up, and charged with burglary and theft. He pleaded guilty, His lordship remonstrated on the impropriety of pleading guilty to a Crime like burglary, capital in its nature, and exceedingly nice in its proof Still he pleaded guilty. At last, after most patient and particular explanation his lordship persuaded him to plead guilty of the theft (of a shawl, a penknife, and some butter). The prosecutor offered no proof, and he was of course acquitted of the burglary. Before pronouncing sentence, his lordship called William Sheath, frame-work knitter in Ansty, into the witnesses’ box, and examined him upon oath, The prisoner had been his apprentice, and had left him only a week previously to the of April when the offence was committed. He had runaway. He had not been beaten, nor had an angry word been spoken He had frequently committed offences before. He had stolen 19s. out of the witness's drawer, for which he was whipped through the market. The witness had frequently been at great pains to convince him of his misconduct and to reform him, but he grew harder and harder, and his offences were progressively more and more heinous He had a mother and a witness believed that he was by no means benefited by his conversation. After a very address, the learned Judge sentenced him, by the only means of saving him from greater crimes ... to 7 years’ transportation. Evening Mail, 4 Aug 1817.
2 Nov 1824. Requesting permission to marry. Robert Biddle, Free and Mary Warren, Convict per Woodman. Requested by Rev Robt Cartwright, Asst. Chaplain, Liverpool. NSW Marriage Reg. Ref 3460/1824, Robert Biddle and Mary Warren, CF district. (Church of England, Liverpool St Luke’s)
Colonial Secretary Index. BIDDLE, Robert. Per "Neptune", 1818 1824 Sep 6 Memorial (Fiche 3077; 4/1836A No.66 p.289) 1824 Nov 2 Re permission to marry at Liverpool (Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.692)