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Voyage
Transportation
William Cotterill was transported on the Marquis Of Huntley, departing 10th May 1826 and arriving 13th Sep 1826 with 202 passengers.
Marquis Of Huntley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 35 (19) |
| 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
William Cotterill, aged 15, was one of 56 prisoners who were sentenced to death at the Warwickshire Lent Assizes. His sentence was respited to 14 years transportation. Euryalus hulk record. HO-9-2-3 page 43 Eight from Warwick, 15 May 1824 William Cotterill, Hulk No 137, aged 15, crime, C.R., convicted at Warwick, 27 Mar 1824, Sentence, 14 years. How disposed of? NSW. Marquis of Huntley, 6 May 1826. The prison hulk, the Euryalus, an ex-frigate of the Trafalgar fleet, was moored at Chatham. Over the twenty years that this hulk serviced juveniles, about 2,500 boys of fourteen and under passed through. There were also considerable numbers of older boys both in the juvenile hulk and distributed among the other hulks. From the Euryalus, boys were transported both to New South Wales and to Van Diemen’s Land.