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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
James Curtis was transported on the Speke, departing 13th Dec 1820 and arriving 18th May 1821 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 426 |
| 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
On Thursday, the following 16 Convicts left the Castle, in order to be delivered on board the Hulks lying up the , below Woolwich, James Dixon, Wm. Hardisty, John Spencer, John Midgley, James Gavins, Joseph Tillotson, John Kenworthy, Isaac Plats, Thomas Hague, Titus Kent, Wm. Parkes, James Curtis, William Wilkinson, John Brown, Charles Penny, and Charles Fowler. Yorkshire Gazette, 19 Aug 1820. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List of 33 prisoners transported to Port Macquarie on board Sally, dated 26 Nov 1823, Sydney. They did not proceed per Sally, but were forwarded per ship Lady Nelson, 17 Dec 1823. James Curtis, tried Crim Court, Sydney, Oct & Nov 1823, Life sentence in double irons. Trade, Cutter. Per Speke (2). Original conviction: at Rotherham, 2 Aug 1820, 7 years.
Colonial Secretary Index. CURTIS, James. Per "Speke", 1821. 1823 Sep 22-Oct 15 Sentenced to death; commuted to transportation to Port Macquarie. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.105) 1823 Nov 10 Tried in Sydney. Sentence commuted to transportation (Reel 6070; 4/1265 pp.11-2) 1823 Nov 12 Capital sentence commuted (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.28) 1823 Nov 26 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally"; not conveyed per "Sally" but per "Lady Nelson" on 17 Dec 1823 (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.92, 452-3)
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thu 2 Oct 1823 Page 2 MAGISTRATE FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, SAMES BOWMAN, ESQUIRE. TUESDAY.—Edward Migniotte, James Curtis, John Bryan and Peter Coleman, were indicted for stopping and robbing William Coleman and Richard Brewer, on the king's highway, near Knapsack Valley, on the Bathurst road. Guilty—remanded. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thu 16 Oct 1823 Page 2 MAGISTRATE FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, EDWARD WOLLSTONECRAFT, ESQ. WEDNESDAY.—This forenoon all the prisoners who had been convicted and remanded during the sessions, were now brought up for the judgement of the Court. DEATH.—George Browning, Thomas Hughes, Edward Migniotte, James Curtis, John Bryan, Peter Coleman, George Gormley, John Baker, Joseph Shelton, James Tileman, John Betterage, Thomas More, James Edward Turner, Charles Downes, Patrick McCourt, Bernard Duffey, Thomas Hall, Edward Harnett, Michael Duggan, George Wilson and William Hennessey. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for James Curtis Convicts Deaths Register of Death Warrants, 1821-1824 10/11/1823 15/10/1823 sentenced to Port Macquarie for life in double irons