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Transportation
James Conhope was transported on the Minerva, departing 1st Jan 1818 and arriving 7th Jun 1818 with 167 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Burials in the Parish of Hobart in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1827 Tasmanian Convict Records. |
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TAHO Indent showing age of 22 yrs in 1818 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-1/CON13-1-1P136
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-6$init=CON31-1-6P29 Tasmanian Conduct Record. ----------------------------------------------------- Police Intelligence. Wednesday Oct 17. James Conhope was this day committed for trial, for a violent assault upon the female child of a respectable family in town, with the intent of committing a rape. The Tasmanian, 18 Oct 1827. -------------------------------------------------- Criminal Court, November 16 1827. MONDAY. James Conhope was convicted of a brutal assault on a child six years of age. The trial lasted the whole day, and the Chief Justice, immediately after the verdict was delivered, sentenced him to be hanged, desiring him to prepare himself for the awful and ignominious death which the perpetration of so horrible a crime deserved. Hobart Town Courier, 1 Dec 1827. -------------------------------------------------- Extracts from article: EXECUTION. On Monday morning at eight o'clock the Sheriff attended by a file of javelin men, arrived at the gaol at Hobart-town, to execute the dread sentence of the law on the 10 miserable beings to whom the death warrant had been communicated a few days before. A file of soldiers had been previously stationed outside the walls, and all the prisoners in the public works and a very large concourse of the inhabitants of the town were assembled, and nearly filled the whole space extending to the front of the Court house. Lacy, Ward, Measures and Jenkins, four, of the 9, murderers at Macquarie harbour, and Conhope for a rape, having been engaged in earnest prayer with the Rev. Mr. Bedford since 3 o'clock that morning, were first led forth and had their arms pinioned. … The rope was then adjusted round the neck of John Conhope, for a rape, and horrible and most justly deserving of death as the murderers were who surrounded him, a still greater abhorrence seemed to be excited by his appearance, owing to the unspeakable and inhuman nature of his crime. He was dressed in white, had a small nosegay stuck in his breast, but had become so emaciated since his imprisonment, together with being blind of an eye, that his countenance was truly haggard. He was by trade a carpenter, and had been for some time free by servitude. His habits, however, had long been dissipated and irregular, and he had a singular practice of decking himself out in women's clothes in visiting his favourite haunts in Hobart-town. … Hobart Town Courier, 22 Dec 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Conhope, alias Conlon, age 23, Minerva I (1) 1818, Tried Kerry, 1815, 7 years. DOB, 1795, Native place, Herefordshire England. Joiner carpenter.
Burials in the Parish of Hobart in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1827 No; 343 Name; James Conhope Abode; Goal When buried; 17 December 1827 Age; No age noted; EXECUTED; for Rape Ship’s Name; Minerva - Departure date; 22 Dec 1817 Quality or profession. Convict By Whom Ceremony was preformed; W Bedford James Conhope - 17 December 1827 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of a six-year-old (convict per Minerva) Conduct Record;- No; 71. Transported for Robbery Trial; Kerry - March 1815 - Sentence 7 years