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Voyage
Transportation
John Cross was transported on the China, departing 3rd Jan 1846 and arriving 16th May 1846 with 200 passengers.
Built 1837 at Hull. Wood ship of 524 Tons.
China (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 4 |
| 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
BURGLARY. John Cross, 35, and John Johnson, 26, were indicted for burglary, and stealing a quantity of meat, the property of Edward Richardson, at Tunbridge. It appeared that on the 20th May, the shop of the prosecutor, who is a butcher, at Tunbridge was broken open and quantity of beef and mutton stolen, The house of Cross was searched, and thirty pounds of beef and mutton were found in bag in the wash-house. The son of the prosecutor identified piece of flank of beef, and the mutton was identified by man named London, who is the employ of the prosecutor. On searching the house of Johnson, a shoulder of mutton was found the kitchen cupboard, which was also sworn to by London, who had dressed the sheep and scored it. The prisoners, and a man named Lowe, were drinking in an adjoining beer-shop, when the constable went to the house of Johnson. Lowe absconded, and had not been heard of since. Messrs. Crouch and Horn both addressed the jury for the prisoners. Cross, transported 15 years, Johnson, acquitted. Cross had been before convicted of felony. Canterbury Journal, 26 July 1845. The undermentioned male convicts were on Saturday morning removed from the county gaol, to the Millbank prison: Henry Driver, Ambrose Herrington, and Charles Leach, transported for twenty years; James Austin, William Lee, Thomas Taylor, John Cross, Edward Viccars, Michael McMahon, James Simmons, and Charles Davis, for fifteen years; Edwin Brotherton, James Exton, Robert Spears, and Edward Spicer, for ten years; Fred. George Janes and Henry Flood, for seven years. South Eastern Gazette, 12 Aug 1845.