Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Brown was transported on the Hashemy, departing 2nd Dec 1848 and arriving 9th Jun 1849 with 240 passengers.
Built 1817 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 523 Tons.
Hashemy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 375 (189) |
| 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
NEWSPAPER REPORT: "William Brown pleaded guilty to theft, with habit and repute and previous conviction, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation." (Glasgow Courier, Tuesday 22 December 1846, p2) --00--
2. TRIAL: Country code GB Repository code 234 Repository National Records of Scotland Reference JC26/1846/365 Title Trial papers relating to William Brown for the crime of theft, habit and repute, and previous conviction. Tried at High Court, Glasgow Dates 21 Dec 1846 Related record AD14/46/400 Accused William Brown, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years. Note: Pannel cannot write (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/).
BACK IN SCOTLAND: 1. PRECOGNITION: Country code GB Repository code 234 Repository National Records of Scotland Reference AD14/46/400 Title Precognition against William Brown for the crime of theft, habit and repute, and previous conviction Dates 1846 Related record JC26/1846/365 Accused William Brown, weaver, Address: Meuse Lane, Glasgow (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/). --0--
DETAILS OF HIS DEATH: Folio 20: case no. 41: William Burn [sic, Brown], aged 46, prisoner from Wakefield; taken ill at Mother Bank; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list 23 December 1848, died 24 December 1848 (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10531422). --00--
December, 1848: According to the journal of the ship’s surgeon, Colin Arrott Browning, there were more than 50 cases of cholera on board the Hashemy before she left England (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10531422). “Illness on Board: The first two cases entered on the sick list were prisoners who were sent back to shore to be admitted to the Unite hospital hulk at Woolwich, both suffering from Cholera—Thomas Francis and Richard Martin. There were many others affected with cholera as well and the ship was delayed for weeks in consequence. The surgeon gave lengthy details of the following prisoners who died while the ship was still in England… Joseph Taylor died 10th December; John Collins died on 19th December; Thomas Hoare died 19th December while the ship lay off Spithead; James Cornish died 22 December 1848; William Carter died 19th December off Spithead; John Self died 23 December; Thomas Wells died 23 December; James Elliott died 29th December at Spithead; Levi Mason died 23 December; Henry Williams 28th December; James Carter died 30th December; William Henry Graham died 22nd December; and William Brown died 24th December.” (https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_hashemy_1849.htm) —0—
BOARDING THE HASHEMY: Of the prisoners, 25 boys were received from Parkhurst on 24 November 1848 at Woolwich, 1 man was received from Millbank, 111 from Wakefield on 28 November, and 100 prisoners were received from Pentonville on 29 November 1848 (https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_hashemy_1849.htm). WILLIAM BROWN went aboard from Wakefield prison. Less than a month later, he was dead. --0--