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Transportation
William Conner was transported on the Hadlow, departing 31st Jul 1818 and arriving 24th Dec 1818 with 150 passengers.
Hadlow (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 81 (42) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 October 2023), September 1817, trial of WILLIAM CONNER (t18170917-155). WILLIAM CONNER, Theft > theft from a specified place, 17th September 1817. 1262. WILLIAM CONNER was indicted for stealing, on the 7th of September , one gown, value 2l.; one petticoat, value 10s.; one handkerchief, value 2s.; one apron, value 1s.; one waistcoat, value 1s.; and one silk handkerchief, value 3s., the goods of John Giddens , in the dwelling-house of Joseph Plumpton . JANE GIDDENS . I am the wife of John Giddens , I lived servant with Joseph Plumpton , in Fleet-market . On the 7th of September, the house caught fire - I left it about eight o'clock in the evening, leaving my box in the garret; I returned the next day about eleven o'clock, and missed the articles stated in the indictment. WILLIAM LOOK . I belong to the Custom-house. I went to the fire and brought several of the things out of the three pair of stairs, and took them to Mr. North's, just by; I saw the prisoner come from Mr. Plumpton's door(I did not see him within the door), with a bundle under his arm, I watched him past Mr. North's door - He went into the crowd - I went after him and laid hold of him and took it from him; I asked him where he was going with the things, he either said he was going to take care of them, or going to take them home; I brought him back, with the officer's assistance, and took him to Mr. North's. The bundle contained the articles stated in the indictment. THOMAS BRANSCOMB. I am an officer. I was at the fire between eight and nine o'clock, keeping the crowd back; I saw the last witness and the prisoner with a bundle under his arm, he endeavoured to get among the crowd; I laid hold of him - He said he was not going to keep them, but was going to take them to some place, I do not exactly recollect; there was an open space for the things to go through the market, where every thing that was saved was taken; the prisoner was passing among the thickest of the crowd, quite away from the place mentioned, to convey the property away. I took him to the Compter, with great difficulty, he made a great resistance. I took him about fifteen yards from the fire - He said he lived on Saffron-hill, but would not say where there. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I took them to take care of. GUILTY. Aged 28. Of stealing to the value of 39s. only . Transported for Seven Years . London Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.
Source: Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. William Connor, alias Conner, age 32, per Hadlow (1) 1817, Tried London Gaol Delivery, 1817, 7 years. DOB 1786, Native place, Cork. Trade, Carrier.