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John Blacksell was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 126 |
| 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
An outhouse attached to Bainbridge’s boarding-school was broken into one night last week, and between 20 and 30 pairs of shoes, the property of his boarders, were taken away -Mr. White was employed to trace them, and after searching several houses without success, apprehended a youth named Blacksall, about 18 years of age, who had been lately discharged from Mr. Bainbridge’s service for misconduct. After Blacksall had been in custody for some time, he began to enquire whether Greetham youth of known bad character) had been apprehended also. Suspicion was thus directed towards Greetham ; and Mr White was fortunate enough to find him before had taken the alarm. Blacksall made an acknowledgment of guilt, and informed the officers where to find the shoes: they were concealed in a stubble-stack not far from the Asylum. He confessed also the stealing from Mr. Cooling and the Rev. Mr. Whitehead, of Burton, of dozen of fowls, which were found concealed in the same place and stated Greetham to be his companion in both robberies. Greetham’s confession does not go quite so far.— pair of half-boots identified as part of the stolen goods, were found on a boy named Woods, son of a dealer in hare-skins, &c. near the Sheep-market: his house had been previously searched, but without any thing being found : the boy Woods states that he bought them of one of the prisoners for sixpence : he is the same Woods that appeared as evidence against Greetham at the last sessions, having been an accomplice with him in some petty thefts. There being no evidence to connect him with the present robbery, he has been discharged.— Blacksall is native of Lincoln; his father kept the Golden Eagle public-house. The youth admits having been tried at the Old Bailey and the Clerkenwell sessions for previous offences. Stamford Mercury, 23 Nov 1832. Thos. Greetham and John Blacksall were convicted of stealing a large quantity of shoes and half-boots from the premises of Mr. Bainbridge, with whom Blacksall had lived for short time a servant. The circumstances of this robbery were detailed at the time when it occurred; both prisoners when apprehended acknowledged their guilt before the magistrates. Greetham had been convicted of a similar offence at a previous sessions, and both were evidently persevering offenders, though young. They were sentenced to seven years' transportation. Blacksall behaved with much insolence receiving sentence. Stamford Mercury, 11 Jan 1833.