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Transportation
James Boote was transported on the Merope, departing 30th Nov 1831 and arriving 29th Dec 1832 with 6 passengers.
Embarked: 11 male prisoners Captain Pollock Tons: 311 The barque Merope departed Calcutta 1st June 1834 and sailed via Mauritius to Van Diemen's Land with eleven prisoners who had been convicted in Madras. The convicts were then transferred to the Currency Lass, Captain Taggart and taken to Sydney where they arrived on 11 October 1834.
Merope (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 for Edward Byrne Annotated Printed Indentures 1833 |
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Convict Notes
From Shropshire England could read single protestant. Farm servant and soldier. Convicted on 2/4/1832. No previous. 5' 9 1/4" dark sallow complexion dark brown hair and chesnut eyes. cert no 44/679 The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842) View title info Mon 3 Jun 1833 Page 1 EXTRACTS. At Secrolc, Benares, April 2, 1832, private James Boote, H. M. 38th regt, of Foot, was charged with mutiny, " in having at Ghazeepore, on the 20th day of Feb- 1832, while marching with the regiment, from the parade ground to tho church, upon being reprimanded by Ens. John Macdonald, of the same regiment, for disrespectfully taking him ( Ens. Macdonald) by the arm, struck the same Ens. Macdonald, his superior officer, then in the execution of his duty ; the above being in breach of the Articles of War." The Court found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to be transported as a felon for life.-Asiatic Journal.