Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Crook was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 15th Jul 1831 and arriving 26th Nov 1831 with 201 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 135 (70) |
| 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
Old Bailey Online 12/5/1831 1186. JAMES CROOK was indicted for that he, on the 22nd of March , feloniously did utter a forged order for the delivery of goods, well knowing the same to be forged , which said order is as follows, (that is to say) -March 22nd, 1831. Mrs. Bailey, - Give James Crook a shirt and a pair of stockings. By order of THOMAS TUCKER. with intent to defraud the overseers of the poor for the time being, of the parishes of St. Giles in the Fields, and St. George, Bloomsbury ; against the Statute, &c. THREE OTHER COUNTS, varying the manner of stating the charge. THOMAS TUCKER. I am assistant-overseer of St. Giles in the Fields, and St. George, Bloomsbury. I have seen the prisoner, but not on this occasion - this order is not my writing, nor did I ever authorize any one to write it; the prisoner has been a pauper of our parish from his childhood, I believe, but I have only known him twelve months. SARAH BAILEY. I am matron of the workhouse of St. Giles in the Fields , and St. George, Bloomsbury. On the 22nd of March the prisoner came and presented this order - he was a pauper out of the house; I was commissioned to give what Mr. Tucker ordered - the prisoner produced this order, and I gave him a shirt and pair of stockings; I took it for granted this order was genuine. Prisoner's Defence. Mr. Tucker gave me the order; I asked him for it that morning, and he gave it - he is in the habit of being intoxicated, and very often is in a great bustle with having two or three hundred paupers about the house; very likely he forgot to enter it in the book - he and the other overseers have said that if it cost them 100l. they would get me transported out of the country; I was here last Session for a pair of shoes, but they never appeared against me - they said if I did not tell who forged these orders they would have me taken up. MR. TUCKER. This is not my order, nor is there any person in the parish who gives these orders but myself. JURY. Q.Is it a resemblance of your hand-writing? A. It is somewhat like the signing, but the order altogether is not. JURY to MRS. BAILEY. I presume you are well acquainted with the signature of Tucker? A. I receive a great many; I believed this to be Mr. Tucker's signature- had I had any suspicion I should have sent to him to inquire. GUILTY . Aged 21. - Transported for Fourteen Years . There was another indictment, for a similar offence, against the prisoner.
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 24/2/1842 Mary Wood 20 Bond (10Yrs) per ship Surrey (9) to marry James Crook 33 ToL (14yrs) per ship Surrey (5) Rev John Cross Port Macquarie.