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Transportation
John Billett was transported on the Hindostan, departing 30th Jun 1821 and arriving 24th Nov 1821 with 152 passengers.
Hindostan (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 67 (35) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/15/30[1821] Prisoner name: John Billet. Prisoner occupation: Confectioner. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions 1821. Crime: Stealing a neats tongue, the property of Isaac Paye. Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation. Annotated (Outcome): Considered by Lord Sidmouth 21 June 1821. Nil. Petitioner(s): Prisoner, prosecutor and 10 inhabitants of London. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Out of work; contrite; asks to be released after 12 months. Additional Information: On board Leviathan in Portsmouth.
BILLETT, John. Per "Hindostan", 1821 1824 Dec - On list of convict servants maintained by George Druitt; in 1823-24 (Fiche 3086; 4/1837A No.296 pp.172, 173) 1825 Oct - On muster list of Government servants and free men maintained at Mount Druitt from 1 Oct 1824 to 1 Oct 1825; listed as Billott (Reel 6064; 4/1788 p.10) -------------------------------------------------- Sydney Gazette, 30 Apr 1828. Public Notice The undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom, during the last Week, viz : Hindostan —- John Billet.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 50…. [Ref B1172] Billett, William 21, GS, M. Hastings, 1826, life, Protestant, labourer with Robert Henderson at Brisbane Water. [Ref B1173] Billett, John, 31, FS, Hindostan, 1821, Sevant to Bax, George St Sydney. [Ref B1174] Billett, George, 32, GS, Sesostris, 1825, Prisoner barracks, Liverpool. [Ref B1175] Billett, Edward, 20, GS, Sesostris, 1825, Prisoner barracks, Liverpool. ... The second two, viz George and Edward are definitely the brothers of William, also sentenced for horse theft, at Wiltshire in 1825. It is stated that the entry here for John is the other brother… BUT this cannot be so! He was transported in 1821, long before they were tried and indeed was sentenced at the Old Bailey. So Although it is recorded he was the 4th brother, it is not so.
Old Bailey Transcripts: 11 Apr 1821: (t18210411) (www.oldbaileyonline.org) JOSEPH PEELING and JOHN BILLETT were indicted for stealing, on the 29th of March , one bullock's tongue 5 s. , the goods of Isaac Page . DANIEL COLE . I am shopman to Mr. Isaac Page , an oilman , who lives in Great Portland-street ; this tongue was stolen from the door. CHARLES READ . I am an officer. About eight o'clock in the evening, I saw the prisoners, suspecting them, I followed them, and just as I turned the corner, one of them snatched this tongue down - I saw them run from the shop with it - they had nothing before. I followed and stopped Billet, he said he had it of Peeling, and Peeling said he did not have it from him. JOHN DAVIS . I met Read, following the prisoners. I went on; soon after the prisoners came by me with something - they had nothing before; we stopped them, one said it was a tongue which he had from the other, and the other said he knew nothing about it. (Property produced and sworn to.) PEELING'S Defence. I met this man, he said he was going my way; he left me, and soon after brought the tongue up, saying he found it. BILLETT'S Defence. They have both told an untruth - the tongue laid inside some rails in the New-road - I took it out. PEELING - GUILTY . Aged 19. BILLETT - GUILTY . Aged 23. Transported for Seven Years , Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
John Billett was 23 years old and transported for stealing 1 bullock's tongue, value 5s. He was one of four brothers all transported to Sydney. Edward-Sesostris, William-Marquis of Hastings, George-Sesostris. December 1824: On list of convict servants maintained by George Druitt in 1823-24. October 1825: On muster list of Government servants and free men maintained at Mt. Druitt from 1/10/1824-1/10/1825: Listed as Billott. 22/4/1828 COF 1828 Census: John Billett, 31, free by servitude, Hindostan 1821, Protestant. Servant to Bax, George Street, Sydney. There is a death listed in Gov. Convict Records: John Billett Steward on the ship Constant.