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Crime
Transportation
Robert Cracknell was transported on the John, departing 9th Oct 1830 and arriving 28th Jan 1831 with 200 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 503 (254) |
| 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
Robert Harvey, otherwise Robert Cracknell, was indicted for stealing 7 bushels of beans, the property of Mr. Charles Rayner Freeman,of Stowupland. It was stated by the prosecutor and others, that on July the 7th inst., as he was walking in a wheat field, about 20 rods from his barn, he kicked against a sack, and then found two other sacks all full; and suspecting that they contained some stolen articles, and would be come for at night, procured the assistance of 5 other persons, who, with himself, and the constable, watched in the field. About 10 o'clock, three men came to the place where the sacks lay ; they whispered together about a quarter of an hour, then each being loaded with a sack, they began to march off; two of them, when they perceived they were discovered, threw down their sacks, and escaped; but the prisoner was taken with the load on his shoulders, by Charles Laws, the constable. He at first refused to tell his name, but afterwards said it was Robert Cracknell, that he was travelling from Colchester, and had missed his way. Samples of the beans found in the sacks, and some from Mr. Freeman's barn were produced, and appeared exactly similar: they were of a peculiar kind, none like them being grown within 5 miles. John Barrell, a servant of Mr. Freeman's, had locked the barn door the preceding evening. A conviction was now put in, from which it appeared, that the prisoner, by the name of Robert Harvey, was sentenced to 7 years' transportation, from Woodbridge Sessions, July 14, 1824. Mr. Johnson, keeper of the Ipswich Gaol, identified his person, and he was then sentenced to be transported for the term of his natural life. There were two other indictments against him ; he had been convicted four times before, The chairman said he hoped prisoner's sentence would be a warning to his accomplices, who form the most desperate gang that ever infested the county. Ipswich Journal, 24 July 1830. --------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 Received from Ipswich 13 Aug 1830. Robert Cracknell, age 38, Larceny after a previous conv. Tried 16 July 1830, Ipswich, Life, NSW 5 Oct 1830, John.