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Frederick Black was transported on the Hercules, departing 14th Jun 1832 and arriving 16th Oct 1832 with 204 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 358 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online WILLIAM SMITH. FREDERICK BLACK. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 5th January 1832 Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM SMITH, FREDERICK BLACK Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 5th January 1832 Reference Number t18320105-63 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 356. WILLIAM SMITH and FREDERICK BLACK were indicted for indicted for stealing, on the 18th of December , 1 pewter-pot, value 2s. , the goods of Thomas Sanders . JAMES STYLES . I am pot-boy to Mr. Thomas Sanders: he keeps the Rose, at the corner of Wimpole-street . On the 18th of December I was in Wimpole-street , in the morning; I put down my pots - I do not know how many I had on my strap; I then went into Mr. Phillip's yard -I saw the two prisoners about, and I had seen them before in the neighbourhood, almost every morning for a week before that; I was gone about three minutes, and when I returned I missed one pot off the rails; I suspected the prisoners; I pursued, and came up with them in Queen Ann-street - they were still in company: I caught hold of Smith, and said, "You have got a pot of mine;" he said,"No, I have not," and Black struck me twice in the eye - the Policeman came up, and took hold of Smith; he denied having the pot, but he took off his hat, and found it - when the officer was taking Smith along he struck me. Smith. Q. Did not you say a woman told you the pot was taken off the rails? A. I asked a woman if she saw two men, and she said, "Yes, two men went up the street." RICHARD BOYD . I am a Policeman. I was coming down Queen Ann-street, and met the pot-poy running after the prisoners, with all his force; he said he was pursuing the men who had stolen a pot of his - I told him to go on; I turned down Little Welbeck-street; before I got round the boy had them by the collar - they were striking him, and using him very badly; I took them, and asked what they had done; they said Nothing, and that I might search them - I searched, and found this pot in Smith's hat; the prisoners were close together.(Property produced and sworn to.) Smith. Black knows nothing of it; he was not with me. Black's Defence. I was going to see a friend when the boy collared me - he struck me, and then I struck him. SMITH - GUILTY . Aged 20. BLACK - GUILTY . Aged 26. Transported for Seven Years .