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John Bland was transported on the Neptune, Scarborough And Surprize, departing 30th Nov 1789 and arriving 26th Jun 1790 with 1084 passengers.
Neptune 809 tons built on the River Thames 1779. The largest ship of the Second Fleet.
Neptune, Scarborough And Surprize (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 47 (25) |
| 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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Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Age 28 Ship Surprise Comments d1790 Occupation caddee for tinplater © 2006-2024 Ancestry
Old Bailey Online JOHN BLAND. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 12th September 1787. Text type Trial account Defendants JOHN BLAND Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 12th September 1787 Reference Number t17870912-109 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 779. JOHN BLAND was indicted for stealing one patent lamp, value 10 s. the property of Joseph Haling . The witnesses examined separate at the prisoner's request. WILLIAM THOMAS HOLLYAR sworn. I am shopman to Mr. Haling, the tin-plate-worker , in Market-lane; he lost a patent lamp, on Thursday, the 9th of August; I did not miss it till the prisoner was detected by Mr. Sharp. GEORGE SHARP sworn. I am foreman to Mr. Lucas, who is a supervisor, and contractor for lamps; on Thursday, the 9th of August, as I was in St. Martin's-street, Leicester-fields, looking at my boy at work, I saw the prisoner coming up the street on the other side of the way, with something wrapped up in his apron; I says to him, what have you got there? How long have you known him? - Two years. What is he? - He is what you call a cadoee, that is, a helper; I asked him what he had got there, his reply was nothing; I put my hand towards his apron, and he drawed it away, and would not let me see; I told him I insisted on seeing, and he said if I would step on one side, he would tell me what was there. Did you tell him it would better for him to confess? - No, I says to him, I shall not go any where, and then he opened his apron, and there was the patent lamp in his apron. What may be the worth of it? - Seventeen or eighteen shillings. Whose lamp was it, did you know? - I did not find out till afterwards; I asked him how he came by it, and he said he had taken it from Mr. Haling. Did you understand by that that he had stole it, or that Mr. Haling had given it to him? - When I saw the lamp, I took him by the collar, and took him back to Mr. Haling's; he begged I would not take him to Mr. Haling's, and said, you have a family of your own, and I hope you will not hurt me, but before that, I asked him if he worked for Mr. Haling, and he said, yes; then says I, are not you a bad fellow to rob the gentleman that employs you? then I took him to Mr. Haling, and he was taken before Mr. Justice Hyde, and committed. - SMITH sworn. I am foreman to Mr. Haling; I took this lamp from the prisoner, on the 9th of August; he had it inside his apron; I have had the care of it ever since under lock and key; he owned it to be Mr. Haling's at the Justice's, and that he took it. Hollyar. This is Mr. Haling's property; I know it by the No. 1582 upon it. When that was brought to you, did you look to see if there was any such number missing? - No, my Lord, but afterwards I found there was one wanting; I know that by the stock; there were twelve of that sort exactly; the prisoner was at work for Mr. Haling at the time, cleaning and preparing lanthorns for the Prince of Wales's birth day. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I found the lamp in the back yard, under the water tub, and only picked it up to take care of it. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. ROSE.