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Crime
Transportation
William Commey was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 245 (124). --0-- Edgar, W. (Bill) (2018), “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. --0-- Roscoe, Katy (2018), "Convicts and the sea: the naval influence on Gibraltar Convict Establishment" at https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/25/convicts-and-the-sea-the-naval-influen |
| 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
Newspaper reports of the trial -- a compilation from stories in the London Evening Standard, Morning Herald and Saint James's Chronicle, 15 and 16 September, 1851: "SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS, Sept. 13. William Conney [sic], 18, was indicted for stealing a silk handkerchief from Henry Donaldson, while walking along the Borough, on the afternoon of the 18th ult. Evidence to that effect was gone into and proved, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Chairman inquired whether he was known in the gaol. Mr. Keene, the governor of Horsemonger-lane Gaol, informed the Court that the prisoner had been in custody more than 50 times for felonies, and he had a list of his former convictions to read, which would astonish the jury. The Chairman said he never saw such an incorrigible thief before, and sentenced him to 10 years' transportation. He was then removed from the dock, making use of dreadful language towards the magistrate." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --00--
TRIAL: 8 September, 1851: Convicted at Newington, Surrey, and sentenced to 10 years' transportation, taking into account a previous conviction for felony and sentence of 10 years. --0--