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Transportation
Joshua Butterworth was transported on the Minerva, departing 8th Jul 1824 and arriving 19th Nov 1824 with 172 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 178 |
| 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
WEDNESDAY, March 26. EDWARD BRAITHWAITE (18), and JOSHUA BUTTERWORTH (19), charged with highway robbery, committed on the 11th of March inst., on the person George Procter. The prosecutor (who lives at Sheepscar) was returning from Leeds, on the daylight ... Yorkshire Gazette, 29 March 1823. Joshua Butterworth, (20) Edward Braithwaite, (18) and Thomas Moss, (19) charged with committing burglary in the house of Mr. William Keighley, of Mabgate, Leeds ... Sheffield Independent, 12 July 1823. CROWN SIDE. - . Joshua Butterworth, Thomas Moss, and Edward Braithwaite, whose case had been reserved at the last Summer Assizes for the opinion of the twelve Judges, were now placed at the bar to receive judgment. Mr. Justice observed, that the prisoners at the bar had been indicted at the last Summer Assizes for burglary, and for stealing in a dwelling-house to the amount of 40s. Joshua Butterworth and Thomas Moss, the two prisoners first named, had, upon arraignment, pleaded Guilty to the charge; but the other prisoner Edward Braithwaite, had pleaded Not Guilty; and upon trial had been acquitted of the charge of burglary, but found Guilty of stealing in a dwelling house to the value of 40s. It had appeared from the evidence that all the parties had been concerned as principals; but some of the Jury having been inclined to doubt whether the day-light had not appeared at the time of the entry into the house, had acquitted the only prisoner who had been tried for the burglary, and found him Guilty of the stealing only. He (Mr. Justice Holroyd) had felt some doubt at the trial whether the same judgment ought to be recorded against the two Prisoners who had upon their own confession been found guilty of the burglary, and the third prisoner, who upon trial had been convicted of stealing, and acquitted of the burglary. His doubts had been occasioned by a passage in East's Crow): Law, vol. 2, page 519, in which it was laid down, that if several are indicted together for a burglary and felonious stealing of goods, it seems that one shall not be found guilty of the burglary …. New Times, 26 March 1824.