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Transportation
Edward Bownas was transported on the Camden, departing 21st Sep 1832 and arriving 18th Feb 1833 with 200 passengers.
Camden (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 423 (212) |
| 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
Commitments to Stafford County Gaol. Edward Bownas, charged with embezzling various sums of money, to the amount of 100/. and upwards, with a felonious intent to defraud Matthew Bolton, at the Soho. Staffordshire Advertiser, 16 June 1832. The following convicts left our county prison on Monday morning week, for the Justitia Hulk, off Woolwich, George West and David Hall, for life ; Edward Bownas, for twenty-eight years ; Thomas Beardmore, for fourteen years, James Sutton, William Shoppard, Paul Jones, and Samuel Garside for seven years' transportation each. Staffordshire Advertiser, 8 Sept 1832. National Archives. HO-9-4_5 (page 34/51.) Hulk Record. Justicia Hulk. Received 27 Aug 1832. Edward Bownas, age 32, Embezzling … (writing too small to read) Tried Stafford Assizes 26 July 1832, sentence, 28 years, Transported 14 Sep 1832.