Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Bishop was transported on the Lady Raffles, departing 30th Nov 1840 and arriving 17th Mar 1841 with 331 passengers.
Lady Raffles (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 245 (124) |
| 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 following prisoners were placed at the bar: HENRY HARDING, 19. JOHN TAYLOR, 26, and WILLIAM BISHOP, 22, charged with having, on the 21st of June inst., the parish of Bisham, violently assaulted and j ravished Patience Martin, against her will. The evidence in this case was of too disgusting a nature for publication. The result the trial had not transpired when our Reporter left. Reading Mercury, 18 July 1840. Henry Harding was found guilty principal, and John Taylor and William Bishop as assisting, in the commission of a rape on the person of Patience Martin, dress-maker, at Marlow, as she was returning home from Cookham Dean, a common about two miles from Marlow, the evening of the 21st of June (Smith, one of the ruffians engaged in the villainous assault has hitherto escaped.) The crime was committed under circumstances of great brutality, ... Bristol Times, 1 Aug 1840.