Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Blackmore was transported on the Lord Raglan, departing 3rd Mar 1858 and arriving 1st Jun 1858 with 270 passengers.
Lord Raglan (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 261 (132) |
| 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
Devon Winter Assize. BURGLARY AT DREWSTEIGNTON. William Blackmore, aged 19. a labourer, was indicted for burglary at house of John Beer, Drewsteignton, and stealing therefrom a silver watch. Mr. Coleridge prosecuted, and Mr. Carter defended the prisoner. The prosecutor lives at place called Redlake, Drewsteignton, and on the night of the i9th September, he went to bed, and hung up his breeches and his watch. the following morning he found both gone; and on going down stairs found the glass of one of the windows was broken. The prisoner had worked with the prosecutor, and had slept with him two or three times. the 4th of October, the prisoner left the watch at the shop of Mrs. Hicks, of Crediton, security for his Sunday clothes, which his mother had pledged some time before. Mrs. Hicks, finding the prosecutor's name on the watch, returned it to him. The prisoner was apprehended at Cardiff, by Randon, the constable In his defence said had found the watch. He was found guilty, and a former conviction having been proved against him, he was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Western Times, 20 Dec 1856.