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Transportation
Robert Briggs was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 361 (182) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online ROBERT BRIGGS. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 25th October 1815 Text type Trial account Defendants ROBERT BRIGGS Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 25th October 1815 Reference Number t18151025-60 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1039. ROBERT BRIGGS was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of September , thirteen quires of writing paper, value 13 s. the property of Edward Church . HUGH BIDWELL. I saw the prisoner go into Mr. Church's office; Mr. Church is a lawyer , and lives in Paternoster row, Spitalfields . I saw him come out with a number of quires of paper. WILLIAM MILLER . I ran after the prisoner, with others, and saw him drop the paper. Prosecutor. That is my property. GUILTY , aged 34. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.