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Transportation
Robert Creswick was transported on the York, departing 7th Oct 1862 and arriving 31st Dec 1862 with 301 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 479 (241) |
| 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
A frightful case of stabbing occurred at Rotherham on Tuesday, the victim being a labourer named James Milnes. On Monday night, Milnes, Robert Creswick, son of the landlord of the Grapes Inn, and several other young men, were drinking together for some hours at the Black Horse, Elephant and Castle, and other public-houses. At a late hour they adjourned to the house of Milnes, in The Crofts, where they had some more drink. While they were there Creswick became very wild and quarrelsome, and attempted to put Mrs Milnes on the fire. Milnes interfered to prevent the outrage, and Creswick then left the house. Milnes having followed to the door, Creswick turned upon him with great ferocity and stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife. The poor fellow was carried into the house in a helpless state, and Mr. Darwin surgeon, was sent for. He found a dreadful stab in the abdomen, and a large portion of the bowels protruded. The bowels were punctured, and recovery being consequently quite hopeless, the depositions of the dying man were taken during Tuesday. The stabbing took place three o'clock that morning, and Creswick having been apprehended shortly afterwards was remanded until Monday next. The unfortunate man, Milnes, has since expired. ... Yorkshire Gazette, 6 April 1861. During a drinking carousal at Rotherham one evening during this week man named Robert Creswick stabbed one of the company, young married man named Mills. The latter died from the injury, and at inquest held yesterday, before Mr. Webster, deputy-coroner, Creswick was committed to York castle to take his trial for manslaughter. Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 6 April 1861. York Summer Assizes. Robert Creswick, 19, manslaughter at Rotherham. Yorkshire Gazette, 6 July 1861.