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Transportation
John Conners 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 235 (119) --00--Chipulina, Neville (2013). “1842 - The 'Gib' Convicts - Skipper Figallo and the Fandangillo”, available at https://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.com/2013/08/1842-gib-convicts-figallo-and.html --00--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. https: |
| 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: 1. From the Standard of Freedom, 10 March 1849, p14: "SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. — Swansea -- John Conners, an Irishman, aged 25, described in the calendar as a railway labourer, was indicted for the murder of one Thomas Lewis, [in Stanley Street] at Cardiff, on the 11th November last. Mr. Grove and Mr. Benson conducted the prosecution .." 2. From the "Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Brecon Gazette", 3 March 1849, p3: A witness testified: "I took notice of him that night. John Conners is the man that used the knife. I saw him well enough to swear positively now that he is the man. I heard his voice. He is the man that stabbed Lewis..." 3. From the "Hereford Journal", 7 March 1849, p: "The Cardiff Murder.—The trial of John Conners, railway labourer, for the murder of Lewis at Cardiff, came on at Swansea, when the culprit was found guilty of manslaughter ..." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --00--
TRIAL: 27 February, 1849: At the Glamorgan County Assizes, John CONNORS [sic] was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to transportation for 20 years (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Wales; Glamorgan; 1849). --0--