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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Clifford was transported on the Sesostris, departing 23rd Nov 1825 and arriving 21st Mar 1826 with 151 passengers.
Sesostris (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 305 (154) |
| 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
Assize Intelligence. Charles Clifford was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of Francis Dandridge. Mr. Shepherd stated the case. Francis Dandridge said, I live at East Hendred ; I had two horses ; they were safe one of my fields on the afternoon of the 22d June. I missed one of them the next morning the fences were perfect on the 22d, but broken the morning I missed the horse. I found the horse at Mr. Grist's, Hanwell. He sent to me. I am sure it was mine. Cross-examined by Mr. I should think that the gap in the hedge was not made by the horses but both had got out, and the thief, if there was one, might have stolen two horses instead of one. If he had got out might have strayed into the county of Middlesex. The distance was fifty miles. By the learned Baron - I knew the prisoner before; his name was always Charles Clifford. George Grist said, I live at Hanwell, and on the 23d of June I saw the prisoner riding on this horse. I asked him if the horse was for sale ? hesaid Yes. I said, for how much money ? and he asked me 16/ I said it was too much, and mouthed him, (that is, looked at the horse's mouth). I bid him 12/., and he said he had been offered 14/., at Locker-bridge. I asked him who the horse belonged to, he said it was father's, that his name was Hudson, and that his father lived at Englefield Green. I said 1 would give him the price, and pay his father the money at Englefield Green, and that I would go with him there for that purpose. The prisoner objected, but I went off immediately with the prisoner. We proceeded a considerable distance, and the prisoner stopped behind and took that opportunity of attempting to escape; he ran two fields; I leaped some paling, but we took him again ; he had hid under a laurel tree. He then said it was a bad job, and that a married woman had brought him to it. I then asked him where he had brought the horse from, and said he had found him on the side of the road ... Berkshire Chronicle, 16 July 1825. ---------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/30/891825 Prisoner name(s): Charles Clifford of East Hendred, Berkshire. Prisoner age: 22. Prisoner occupation: Hawker and Pedlar. Court and date of trial: Berkshire Summer Assizes 1825. Crime: Horse stealing, property of Francis Dandridge Yeoman of East Hendred. Initial sentence: Death recorded. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): 16 people of Berkshire. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Honest and industrious parents; mother now dead; brought up by father; prisoner honest and well respected; first offence; led to commit crime under distressing circumstances.
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