Jeremiah Caylor

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D Wong on 15th October 2017

Old Bailey: JEREMIAH CAYLOR, HENRY HARVEY, Theft > burglary, 27th November 1843. Offence: Theft > burglary Verdict: Guilty > no_subcategory; Guilty > lesser offence Punishment: Death > no_subcategory; Transportation JEREMIAH CAYLOR and HENRY HARVEY were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of George Knapp, about two o'clock in the night of the 14th of Oct., at St. James, Clerkenwell, with intent to steal, and stealing therein, 38 watches, value 117l.; and 27 rings, 3l.; his goods; and feloniously striking, beating, and wounding him in the said dwelling-house.—2nd COUNT, not alleging the striking. CAYLOR— GUILTY . Aged 22.— Death recorded. HARVEY— GUILTY of the burglary without violence. Aged 26. Transported for Ten Years. Henry Harvey was also on board the Blundell. Jeremiah Caylor was listed as being 25 years old on arrival (born 1819). His native place was St Olave, London. Occupation: Silk Dyer. This was his first conviction. Jeremiah was 5'3¼" tall, dark brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, he was literate, single, Roman Catholic. Sent to Norfolk Island for 2 years. 15/12/1848: Colonial Times, Hobart: SUPREME COURT. - Michael Rogers and Patrick Lynch, for murder - sentenced to death ; William Stamford, William Clifford. Jeremiah Caylor, and John Riley, for burglary - sentenced to death. 25/9/1857: Tasmanian Daily News, Hobart: Absconding. Jeremiah Caylor, was charged with absconding from the colony in December, 1856, and remaining illegally at large until apprehended in New South Wales in August last. Prisoner— who, it will he recollected by our readers, was brought in custody from Sydney in the Tasmania on her last trip— pleaded not guilty. Detective Vickers identified prisoner as having come out bond from England in the same ship as himself, and having been at Norfolk Island for upwards of two years. At the time of prisoner's absconding he was in the service of Mr. Lett, of Morven. By prisoner's police character it appeared that he had at one time been under sentence of death. The Bench entenced him to eighteen month's hard labor. Prisoner darted a most vindictive look at the Bench upon receiving this sentence. ?? Married Mary Ann Carter at Hobart. 26/12/1857: Daughter Mary Ann Caylor born at Elizabeth Place, Hobart. 1/3/1858: Mary Ann died at Elizabeth Place, Hobart, of Dysentery. Blacksmith's child. 6/7/1858: TOL 11/12/1858: Sydney Morning Herald: Jeremiah Caylor, a prisoner of the Crown, found illegally at large from Hobart Town, for which place he held a ticket-of-leave, was sent to Darlinghurst gaol until an opportunity occurred for sending him to Tasmania. 33/1/1861: CP 18/9/1871: Jeremiah died of 'Disease of the Heart' - listed as a Silk Dyer, also listed as alias "HENRY KELCHER" at Hobart Town. Tasmania - Reports Of Crime 1871 - for Police Information. INQUESTS An Inquest was held at Hobart Town, on the 20th ultimo, before W. Tarletob, Esq., Coroner, upon the body of Henry Keleher, transported as Jeremiah Caylor, per Blundell, C.P., a silk dyer, aged about 52 years. Verdict: - "Died from natural causes, to wit, disease of the heart."