Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Peters Cranston was transported on the Equestrian, departing 27th Aug 1852 and arriving 16th Dec 1852 with 295 passengers.
Built 1842 at Hull. Wood ship of 801 Tons.
Equestrian (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 520 |
| 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
Port Arthur Admission dates; 02 Feb 1865, 06 May 1869 Cascades Invalid Depot Admission dates 22 Jun 1874 to 16 Feb 1876, 08 Mar 1876 to 28 Feb 1877 New Town Charitable Institute Admission dates 30 Jun 1879 to 25 Feb 1881, 25 Mar 1881 to 03 Jan 1882, 12 Nov 1882 to 16 Feb 1883, 13 Apr 1883 to 26 Feb 1884 Launceston Invalid Depot Admission dates 24 Jan 1882 to 08 Nov 1882, discharged at own request, able to work
The “Caledonian Mercury†of Thursday the 8th March 1849 reports on the sentence handed down : “High Court of Justiciary : The Court met on Monday – present the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Medwyn, and Lord Cockburn. Peter Cranston and William Green were placed at the bar accused of theft by housebreaking, aggravated by being habit and repute, and also previously convicted of theft, in so far as, on the 27th January last, they broke into a barn at Slateford, occupied by James Geddes, grocer, and stole therefrom several sacks or bags; also with having, on the same night, stolen from the farm-steading of Gray’s Mill, possessed by Mr Matthew Cochrane, 41 hens, the property of the said Matthew Cochrane. The prisoners pleaded guilty, and were sentenced – Cranston to ten years’ transportation, and Green to twelve month’s imprisonment.†Peter Cranston is recorded in Court records as aged 40 “of no fixed abode†and unmarried ; William Green Jnr as aged 17, of Anchor Close, High Street, Edinburgh living with his father; and William Torrance, alias John Robertson, of West Port Edinburgh aged 21 (accessory to the crime?)
I think the name should be Peter Cranston, not Peters Cranston? It is recorded in two sets of records as Peter, including Court records.