Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Richard Clark was transported on the Gilmore, departing 31st Oct 1831 and arriving 22nd Mar 1832 with 225 passengers.
Gilmore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 215 (110) |
| 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
1837, 4 January: Richard CLARK was granted a Ticket of Leave (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-7$init=CON31-1-7p148). 1845, 28 April: Richard CLARK - a shepherd and farm labourer - appeared before the criminal sessions of the Melbourne Supreme Court charged for stealing 83 sheep, the property of William John Turner Clarke, at Buninyong [in Victoria], on April 5. He pleaded not guilty and said he had bought the sheep out of his own wages. The jury found him guilty (see Port Phillip Gazette, 30 April 1845, p3). 1845, 30 August: The following (ascerbic) report was published in the Cornwall Chronicle, out of Launceston, p113: “Port Phillip: Despatch of Prisoners.-:- By the next return trip of the Flying Fish to Van Diemen’s Land, our island neighbour will receive the following valuable acquisition to its stock of colonial resources. This is nothing but a reciprocal way of doing business, as with hardly one exception those worthies are ‘returning to the place from whence they came.’ — John Turnock, perjury at Portland, seven years transportation; ... and — Richard Clark, stealing a flock of sheep from the station of Mr. Clarke, at Buninyong, transportation for ten years.” Note: John Turnock, a silk twister, had been transported to VDL for 7 years per Katherine Stewart Forbes (1832) for stealing silk. 1845, 31 August: The Flying Fish sailed from Melbourne for VDL (see archives.tas.gov.au).
TRIED: Convicted for larceny - stealing 3 bushels of wheat - at the Epiphany Sessions (6 January) 1831 at York, and sentenced to 7 years (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Yorkshire - West Riding 1831). In VDL: On arrival, he was 21 and single. He had previous convictions for assault and poaching (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-7$init=CON31-1-7p148).