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Crime
Transportation
John Brown was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 248. --00-- England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Yorkshire - East Riding, 1856 |
| 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
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: BROWN, John; inmate #4526, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: CHAPMAN, Daniel Date of Birth: 1827 [Does not gel with jail records in England or with WA Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8) where he is listed as 22 when tried] Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Stoker Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England Crime: Stealing a watch Sentence Period: 15 years Ticket of Leave Date: 20 Sep 1860 Conditional Pardon Date: 2 Sep 1863 Comments: General servant (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
10 September, 1857: Sent from Portland, #19/6792, to board the Nile for WA; behaviour on voyage "bad" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --0--
12 March, 1857: Portland -- inmate #6792; behaviour "very good". Listed as John Brown, alias Daniel Chapman, 22, single, boiler maker, reads and writes imperfectly; Protestant. Next of Kin -- sister, Hannah Chapman, 27 Little Bedford Street, North Shields (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portland Prison; Prison Records to 1875). --0--
15 September, 1856: Millbank -- listed as John Brown alias Daniel Chapman, inmate #3627; served 5 months 25 days in separate confinement (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951, Millbank Prison, Register of Prisoners to 1885). --0--
JAILS: 2 April, 1856: Hull Borough Gaol, Hedon Road, Kingston Upon Hull -- served 5 months 13 days (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portland Prison; Prison Records to 1875). --0--
Newspaper reporting of the trial: From the Hull Packet, Friday 11 April 1856, p6: "John Brown, Mary Bradshaw, and Thomas Johnson were charged with stealing a watch, the property of Geo. Barryman [called Berriman in another edition]. Mr. P. Thompson prosecuted; the prisoners were undefended.-Prosecutor was robbed in a square in Carr-lane on Easter Monday night.-Guilty. Brown, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to 15 years transportation; Bradshaw and Johnson were sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. This case concluded the criminal business." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --00--
TRIAL: 3 April, 1856: Tried at the Quarter Sessions, Kingston on Hull, along with Thomas Johnson and Mary Bradshaw, for larceny from the person -- stealing a watch. John Brown's two previous convictions were taken into account in his sentencing of 15 years' transportation. Thomas Johnson and Mary Bradshaw received 12 months' jail. (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Yorkshire - East Riding, 1856). Most recent previous conviction: On 4 April 1850, at Kingston on Hull, and as Daniel Chapman, he was convicted along with Henry Barron of larceny in a dwelling house and both were sentenced to transportation for 10 years. At that time, each boy had a previous conviction for larceny (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Yorkshire - East Riding, 1850). Clearly Daniel Chapman was not transported. He had also been granted a Ticket of Leave which explains his being at large in the same community within 6 years. --00--
COMMITTAL: 2 April, 1856: Committed at Kingston Upon Hull to stand trial for stealing from the person. --0--