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Transportation
William Cray was transported on the Hilsborough, departing 30th Sep 1798 and arriving 26th Jul 1799 with 300 passengers.
Hilsborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 249 (125) |
| 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
TRIAL Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 January 2023), April 1797, trial of WILLIAM CRAY (t17970426-31). WILLIAM CRAY, Theft > burglary, 26th April 1797. 300. WILLIAM CRAY was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Samuel Owen , about the hour of two in the night of the 6th of April , and burglariously stealing two live hogs, value 7l. the property of the said Samuel . SAMUEL OWEN sworn. - I am a butcher in the parish of Hanwell : I lost two live hogs on the 6th of April, out of my sty adjoining my dwelling-house. Q. You cannot get to the sty without going through the house? - A. No; I had seen them at eight o'clock on the evening of the 5th; I missed them at eight o'clock the next morning. The outside fence was a hurdle, and they had cut the rope, and took the hurdle away, and enticed the hogs out with some corn. In consequence of information on the road, I traced them to Westminster, where I found them in the possession of the officer. Q. Did you know them to be your pigs? - A. Yes; I do not know any thing of the prisoner. JAMES BLYTHE sworn. - On the 6th of April, I had had information that a number of hogs had been lost, and I heard that there were some at a house in Pimlico; I went there with another person, and found the prisoner at work in the house, making spiles for brewers; there was a sty in the garden behind the house, where I found the hogs that Mr. Owen has sworn to; I afterwards found seven hogs in a place under the stairs. I searchedthe house afterwards, and found a pistol and some phosphorus, with some powder and slugs. (Produces them). Q.Was the pistol loaded? - A. No. The prisoner left his defence to his Counsel. GUILTY of stealing the goods, but not of the burglary . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron HOTHAM . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t17970426-31