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Voyage
Transportation
John Camplin was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 29th Sep 1818 and arriving 4th Mar 1819 with 160 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 107 (55) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 17 June 1818. 935. JOHN CAMPLIN was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of May , at St. John, Hackney , one watch, value 3l.; one key, value 1d., and one piece of ribbon, value 1d., the goods of John Bean , in his dwelling-house . MARY BEAN . I am the wife of John Bean, who is a watchmaker , and lives at St. John's, Hackney. On the 19th of May my husband was out in the afternoon - I was in the shop. I left the shop, and went down to the kitchen underneath - I had left the shop-door shut, and took the key with me; I thought I had locked it-there were watches in the window. In a few minutes I heard a noise in the shop, ran up, and found the prisoner coming out of the shop into the passage, with a silver watch in his hand. I stopped him, and asked him how he came by it? The street-door was always open. I asked him what business he had in the shop? he said he was coming in, and found it on the floor - I had seen it hanging on a hook in the window half an hour before; no person but myself had been in the shop. I held the prisoner; the neighbours came to my assistance. I took the watch from him, and gave him into the charge of Bennett. It is a silver watch, which came to be repaired-my husband made it about two years ago, and received 6l. for it. Bennett is not here. I saw the watch at Worship-street the same evening in his possession. JOHN BEAN . I returned, found the prisoner in custody, and saw the watch in Bennet's possession at Worship-street - it is worth 4l.; it is capped and jewelled. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I found a brooch, took it into the shop to ask if it was gold, and found the watch on the floor. I was going to knock, and the prosecutrix took me. GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 15. Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Abbott. ----------------------------------------------------------------- John Campling left a Convict Love token before he left, inscribed for his Father and Mother. https://www.coinsandaustralia.com/tokens-medals-convict-love.php?title=1818-John-Campling&id=27