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Transportation
Peter Black was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
Thomas Arbuthnot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 156 |
| 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
High Court of Justiciary. Peter Black pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on the evening of the 16th or morning of the 17th October last, broken into the into the shop of Messrs. Hetvat & Co., wino merchants, George Street, and stealing from several lockfast places various articles, or otherwise of having resetted the said articles, knowing them to have been stolen; and further, of breaking into the house of Messrs. Ted and Hill, W.S., George Street, and stealing from the lobby various coats, or otherwise of resetting, &c. The prisoner was also described as habit and repute a thief, and as having been previously convicted. Evidence having been led, the Jury unanimously found the prisoner guilty of reset of theft, as libelled in the first charge; and guilty of theft as libelled in the second, Sentence, seven years' transportation. Glasgow Herald, 17 Mar 1845. -------------------------------------------------- Reset of Theft. Scotch law. The receiving and keeping of stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, with a design of feloniously retaining them from the real owner. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Exiles Index. Peter Black, age 19, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Date of trial, 14/3/1845, at Edinburgh, sentence, 7 years, Charge, Theft by House breaking and also ? Of theft. Remarks: Exiles