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Transportation
Frederick Blackwell was transported on the Asia 1, departing 20th Jul 1837 and arriving 2nd Dec 1837 with 280 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 103 (53) |
| 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
1851, 25 January: A letter from the visiting Magistrate to Cockatoo Island recommends against Frederick Blackwell's removal from there. "I do not consider Blackwell to be a fit man to be at large in Sydney, as he is occasionally flighty and otherwise unfit to be attached to Carter's barracks..." he writes (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Cockatoo Island Penal Establishment; Cockatoo Island: Copies of Letters, 1844-1851). 1868, 19 October: Frederick Blackwell per Asia 1837, offence not stated, 14 years, is on a list of so-called "British Lunatics" in the "Parramatta Lunatic Asylum" (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891).
1846, 9 January: From the Sydney Morning Herald, p2: “UNNATURAL CRIME. Frederick Blackwell, late of Cockatoo Island, a convict, was indicted for an unnatural offence, on the 9th November last. “Frederick Weston was indicted for a similar offence, at the same time and place. “The prisoners were tried as they were indicted, separately. “The details are wholly unfit for publication. “Both the prisoners were found guilty of a common assault, and were sentenced to be kept at hard labour in Her Majesty's Gaol, Darlinghurst, for twelve calendar months.”
1845, 13 November: A letter from the Superintendent of Police, J Long Innes, Cockatoo Island, refers to depositions enclosed that were taken from two prisoners - Frederick Blackwell per Asia 1837 (14 years) and Frederick Weston per Parkfield 1839 (10 years) - both of whom "were this day committed to take their trial for sodomy" (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Cockatoo Island Penal Establishment; Cockatoo Island: Copies of Letters, 1844-1851).
1837, 30 January: Frederick BLACKWELL and William HOPGOOD were tried at the central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, on this date. They were indicted for stealing 23lbs of lead, valued at 2/6, from a building at Brixton, owned by Charles Farebrother, Esq. Frederick BLACKWELL had a previous conviction for a felony. TRANSCRIPT: “695… PATRICK ROACH: I am a policeman. On the 16th of January, about a quarter after two o’clock in the afternoon, I met the prisoners, together in Ingleton-street, Brixton. Blackwell was carrying this lead in this cloth. I asked what he had got. He made no reply, but threw down the lead and ran away. I took the lead, and seized Hopgood. My brother officer pursued and took Blackwell. “JAMES CURTIS (Police-constable P 156.): I was coming down Brixton-road, and saw Blackwell making away. After half an hour's hard chase, I succeeded in apprehending him. On conveying him to the station, he said, “I know the other one will come it on me. I will tell the truth. It was not me that took it at all.” I took the prisoners to Union Hall. On going, Hopgood asked what he should get done to. I said I did not know. He said, “It was not me that did it, I stood in the park, Blackwell got on the summer-house, and threw down the lead to me.” I went and matched the lead to the place on the 17th, and found it corresponded exactly. The tiles had been taken off the summer-house of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, and this lead was taken from it. They had got off the fence on to the summer-house. The lead tallied in all respects. “JAMES BETHANY: I am in the service, of Mr. Alderman Charles Farebrother. He has a summer-house at Brixton. I saw it all safe on the 16th, and the lead was on it. I have seen this lead fitted to it, and it tallied in all respects. “THOMAS PRITCHARD (Police-constable P 167.): I produce the certificate of the prisoner Blackwell’s former conviction. He is the person. “BLACKWELL – GUILTY. Aged 20. Transported for Fourteen Years. “HOPGOOD – GUILTY. Aged 14. Transported for Seven Years.” (see https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?name=18370130)