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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Brasher was transported on the Tortoise, departing 28th Sep 1841 and arriving 19th Feb 1842 with 401 passengers.
Rig: HMS 1000 tons Voyage 1841/1842 from Plymouth, England to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) Australia. Capt J. Hood. Surgeon: Thomas Brownrigg. 394 - 400 male convicts listed.
Tortoise (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 393 (198) |
| 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 |
Claims
"James Brashes is my 4th great grandfather (maternal)"
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Records. Indent for Tortoise https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-13/CON14-1-13/CON14-1-13P25 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-13/CON14-1-13/CON14-1-13P26 No 3940. James Brasker, tried Wilts Q.S. 5 April 1841, 7 years. Age 40, married, 3 children, can read and write. Offence: Receiving stolen goods, viz a sack. pr. Mr Saunders; once for counterfeit coin, 6 mos; once for assault, 3 mos; poaching 2 or 3 times, fined £1 1s, again, £1 1s. Trade, Wool stapler; Native place, Wilton. Remarks: W, Ann at Salisbury. F, Enos; M, Ann at N.P. 2 B, 3 S. Surgeon’s report (on ship) Orderly.
Committed to Fisherton Gaol:—William Earl, of Allford, charged with stealing two sacks, the property John Roe and John Joseph Roe, Salisbury. James Brasher and Ann his wife, of Salisbury (well-known characters), are charged with receiving stolen goods, the property of John Roe and John Joseph Roe, at Salisbury. The said James Brasher is further charged with receiving twelve sacks, the property of Joseph Saunders, at Salisbury.— Salisbury Journal, 15 Feb 1841. Extensive Robbery.—For some time past, considerable quantities of malt have been missed from the stores of Messrs. Roe and Son, in this city, and last week, means were taken to entrap the thieves, which have led to the detection of three of the parties, namely, James and Ann Brasher, lodging-house keepers (whose house appears to have been receptacle for stolen property), and Wm. Earl, a labouring man. It is supposed that several others are implicated. The investigation of the above case has led to the discovery of another robbery; and a small tradesman, named Gray, has been held to to bail for purchasing the article stolen (twine) at an unfair price. Salisbury Journal, 22 Feb 1841. There were 13 prisoners for trial at the Salisbury City Sessions on Monday last:—James Brasher, for receiving 12 sacks knowing them to have been stolen, and ... were respectively sentenced to 7 years transportation; Devizes Gazette, 8 April 1841.
Married Mary Ann Francis in Melbourne, Victoria on 8th December 1852.