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Transportation
William Brown was transported on the Albion, departing 21st Sep 1826 and arriving 14th Feb 1827 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 79 (41) |
| 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 Permission to Marry. William Brown, per Albion, age 28; Life; T of L; and Margaret Armstrong, Per Surrey (6), age 30; 7 years; Bond. Date of Permission, 12 Mar 1836, Castlereagh. NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 220/1836 William Brown and Margaret Armstrong, alias Prior, CD district. (Church of England, Castlereagh)
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/76/135. Date, 1826. Prisoner name: William Brown. Prisoner age: 18. Prisoner occupation: Labourer. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions held on 6 April 1826. Crime: Burglary. Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life. Annotated (Outcome): Refused. Petitioner(s): Prisoner and signed by 8 others, including the chief witness. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth, widowed mother to support; unemployed. Additional Information: Newgate Gaol.
Tried at the Old Bailey, 6 April 1826. Before Lord Chief Justice Abbott. 582. WILLIAMÂ BROWNÂ was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Webb . about seven o'clock in the night of the 20th of March , at St. Paul, Covent-garden, with intent the goods and chattels therein being, feloniously and burglariously to steal . WILLIAM HENRY WYMAN . I am journeyman to Mr. William Webb, a hair-dresser , who lives in York-street, in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden . On the 20th of March, towards the afternoon, I observed that the shop window had been cut by somebody - it was not cut through, but what is called starred, by a knife being driven into the putty, which cracked it, but made no hole - I immediately went to Bow-street, and a little before seven o'clock the officer (Stevens) came; I went on the opposite side of the way about seven, and kept watch; it was rather dusk, but not quite dark; the lamps were just being lighted; it got quite dark before any thing happened. Samuel Rand, my fellow-shopman, was with me- we parted, and went in different directions, and in about twenty minutes I saw the prisoner and another come to the shop window; there were lights in one window, but nobody in the shop; they passed the window two or three times, did something, and went to the adjoining shop, which is a bookseller's, then returned, and looked into both our shop windows; I could not distinctly see what they did, but I saw one of them put his hand to the window - they went away, returned again, and afterwards I saw the prisoner's hand within the window, which was then broken; I am sure it was within, up to his wrist - I am quite sure of that - I did not see him take any thing: I went and seized him - the officer had gone away; I took him to Bow-street. The broken glass laid inside the window; some tortoise-shell combs laid near that glass, and when I took him I observed that a comb laid partly in and partly out of the window, and the ticket, which was on that comb was gone from it - it was found outside the window by somebody. The other man ran away; the prisoner had taken his hand out of the window when I seized him. Prisoner. Q. Did you not say at Bow-street that nothing was removed? A. No. SAMUEL RAND . I am journeyman to Mr. Webb. I observed the pane cracked in the afternoon, and in the evening I watched, and saw the prisoner and another go to the window two or three times, and then go next door. I saw Wyman lay hold of the prisoner - he called me; I had not seen his hand within the window. SAMUEL STEVENS . I am a constable. On the 20th of March the witness brought the prisoner to Bow-street; I searched him, and found a penny piece on him, and a wire in his waistcoat pocket; there is no book to the end of it. Prisoner's Defence. He says he saw my hand in the window - he was on the other side of the way; there were three or four more passing the same as I was. WILLIAM HENRY WYMAN . I was on the same side as him - I had crossed over. GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 18.
National Archives. Hulk Records. Sheerness Hulks, Retribution. HO-9-7_2. page 41/48. Received from Newgate, 10th June 1826. Wm Brown, age 18, Burglary, Tried Middx, 6 April 1826, Life, To NSW, 16 Sept 1826.
Absconded. 2 Brown William, Albion, Labourer, 20, London, 5 feet 1, dark hazle eyes, brown hair, ruddy comp. from Alexander Still, Esq. Sydney. Sydney Gazette, 5 Nov 1827.