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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Bolton was transported on the Guildford, departing 4th Apr 1822 and arriving 15th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 167 (84) |
| 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
1839 - Certificate of Freedom. No; 39/916. Date; 2 July 1839. Noted on the CF. Cleared out in the ?? for New Zealand. 16 March 1849
Thomas Bolton pleaded Guilty to a charge of housebreaking and theft; and received sentence of fourteen years banishment. Inverness Journal, 5 Oct 1821.
WINDSOR POLICE. SATURDAY, JULY 15. - Thomas Bolton, ship Guildford, a runaway from Longbottom Establishment, was brought up for the decision of the Court. He had been apprehended as a runaway, and, but for his own wily ways, he would have been returned, as usual, to the place whence he absconded. He hit upon a stratagem, while in confinement, to deceive the turnkey, by making a false representation, that he had a quantity of stolen properly concealed in the bush; of course he hoped to receive compensation for information. The prisoner was taken to the place where he said the property was deposited: no such property there. Upon the alert, the Windsor Police did, not allow this to pass unnoticed; the secret was followed up closely, and the prisoner fully committed for a robbery. Sentenced three years additional sentence, and to be returned to Longbottom to be dealt with for the desertion. Sydney Gazette, 26 July 1826.
The above accont ot court proceedings was published in the Sydney Monitor, 25 Aug 1828. ----------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. Thomas Bolton, per Guildford, Gaol Sydney. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. BOLTON, Thomas. Per "Guildford", 1822 1822 Jul 24 On list of convicts landed from the "Guildford" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.75[ii]) 1825 On list of convicts employed by Archibald Bell (Reel 6062; 4/1781 p.395d) -------------------------------------------------- Convicts Index, 1791-1873. Thomas Bolton, Guildford 1822, Certificate of Freedom, 2 July 1839. Entry No. 39/0916.
WEDNESDAY.- (Before the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Dowling.) On the opening of the Court at the usual. hour this morning, the Attorney General caused, to be put to the bar, certain prisoners in the following order. Thomas Bolton was next called to the bar. The Court addressing the, prisoner said, " You Thomas Bolton made a statement to the Judges on their judicial visit to the Gaol, that you were in a state of illegal confinement. That was not a proper time for us to enter into the merits of your case, but as you then made a probable ground of complaint, the Court, has felt it its duty to cause you to be brought here to state the grounds on which you think you are illegally confined. You will therefore now state to the Court the ground on which you think you are entitled to your discharge. Prisoner then stated that he arrived in the Colony by the ship Guildford (5) in the year 1822, under a sentence of seven years transportation, which expire on the 10th of next month; On the 20th of May last, he was convicted by the Bench of Magistrates at Penrith, for absconding from his master's employment and sentenced three years to a penal settlement. Petitioner's prayer therefore was, that he might be saved from being sent from Head Quarters, and that no part of the said Colonial sentence of three years might be acted upon. The Attorney General prayed, he might be allowed to make a communication with the Penrith Bench of Magistrates, in order to obtain the records of the prisoner's colonial convictions before the Court pronounced its opinion on the prisoners's prayer. The Court. Besides obtaining the record of the charge, conviction, and sentence, be pleased Mr. Attorney General to procure also the record of the prisoner's original sentence of transportation to the Colony. All we can do is to remand the prisoner till Saturday week, being the earliest day we can name to get an answer from the Penrith Beach of Justices, as they only meet on Tuesdays in each week. Thomas Bolton was next called upon by the Court to state what ground he considered himself in an unlawful state of arrest. Prisoner.- I was tried at Penrith by the Magistrates there for robbing an orchard, and was sentenced two years to a penal settlement. Since that time another man has been convicted of the offence." The Court saw nothing to disturb the record of the Justices, who it was to be presumed, were satisfied of the prisoner's guilt; although a second conviction of another person for the same crime had taken place.