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Thomas Caudle was transported on the John, departing 18th Jul 1827 and arriving 25th Nov 1827 with 189 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 223 (113) |
| 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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John Caudle, 28, and John Sawyer, aged 30, were indicted for burglary committed in the house of Robert Warren, at Long Mansion, in the parish of Tring, in Hertfordshire, the 8th of October last.—Mr. Warren went to bed about eight o’clock Saturday, the October, and, hearing a noise got up and found the door at the ? fastened up with? he then got out the window, and found it had been broken open, and a quantity of hats, stolen, the value of £11.; he knew the prisoner; Caudle had been play-fellow with him, and had lived the house fourteen years ago; then about a week after the robbery, Witness went with Emanuel Shrimpton, a constable, to Caudles house, at Long Creadon, the ? of October, and took him into custody. They found hats and a pair of shoes at his house. They told him, at public house, that a young man coming who knew all about ?, on which Caudle, asked him step out, and told him that he took Sawyer and man named Burnham (the bill against whom the Grand Jury threw out) to break the house open, and how it was done. They went and handed the things out the other two. Sawyer was taken the same night, and said should never have gone too but for the others. The rest of the property was found in Sawyer’s wood house.—The prosecutor was called by Caudle to speak to his character, and said he never knew him to have good one.— Another person called for the same purpose said, he had heard some thing against him before, but there never was any charge proved.—Both Guilty.—Judgment of death recorded. Windsor and Eton Express, 17 Mar 1827.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/35/37 Prisoner name: Thomas Caudle or Thomas Cawdell. Court and date of trial: Buckinghamshire Lent Assizes 1827. Crime: Burglary [details not given]. Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to 14 years transportation. Annotated: 'Refused 4 May 1827'. Petitioner(s): Thomas Caudle (the convict). Grounds for clemency: He has a wife and children now in poverty; his previous unblemished character; the family's poverty and distress caused by injury to his hand leaving him unable to work all the previous summer; when apprehended he immediately confessed and told the police where the stolen goods were and who else was responsible. Additional Information: Held in Aylesbury gaol. Date, 1827 Apr 14.