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Transportation
Henry Brooks was transported on the Red Rover, departing 21st Oct 1830 and arriving 26th Mar 1831 with 168 passengers.
Red Rover (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 526 |
| 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
Old Bailey Online HENRY BROOKS. Theft; pocketpicking. 3rd July 1828. Text type Trial account Defendants HENRY BROOKS Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 3rd July 1828 Reference Number t18280703-135 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1483. HENRY BROOKS was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of July , 1 necklace, value 2s., the goods of Thomas Bunney , from the person of Elizabeth Bunney , spinster . ELIZABETH HUTCHINS . I am servant to Mr. Thomas Bunney of Golden-lane. I took out his child on the 1st of July, about three o'clock; I had seen the prisoner two or three times, and once before he had tried to get the necklace off the child's neck; I was in Chiswell-street , and saw him behind me - there were some ladies and gentlemen getting into a carriage and I did not like to pass by: the prisoner came behind me and took off the necklace - I went directly to a pawnbroker's and found the prisoner there, trying to pawn it; an officer came in and I gave charge of him - this is the necklace - the child is one year and nine months old. Prisoner's Defence. A little boy picked up the necklace at the side of a scraper - I asked him to give it me, which he did. GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years .