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Voyage
Transportation
Belcher Dicks was transported on the Sesostris, departing 23rd Nov 1825 and arriving 21st Mar 1826 with 151 passengers.
Sesostris (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 312 |
| 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
Salisbury and Winchester Journal Monday, October 25, 1825 On Monday the 26th ult. the following prisoners were conveyed from, Fisherton Gaol to the Leviathan hulk in Portsmouth harbour, for transportation:- For Life.- Robert Jones, John Smith, George Billett, Edward Billett, James Smith, Robert Jefferies, Levi Burton, Belcher Dicks, and William Oatley, all for horse-stealing.- Also for life: Stephen Blake, for stabbing his wife at Salisbury; William Withers, for high-way robbery; and Isaac Hurton, for burglary. For 14 years, John Bryant, for sheep-stealing. For 7 years, Thomas Hobbs, for house-breaking.
On list of male convicts assigned and transferred between 1st and 31 October 1832: 4507, Dick Belcher, Sesostris, carter, to H.Shadforth, Parramatta. NSW Govt. Gazette, 19 Dec 1832
Salisbury Journal, Monday, July 25, 1825, reported: The business of the Summer Assizes for the county of Wilts, commenced at our Council Chamber on Monday last, ...The following prisoners were tried, and sentenced as under : DEATH.- ...and Belcher Dicks, for having the same day stolen a mare pony from Thomas Parsons, at South Cadbury, ... All the above prisoners have been reprieved,
Spent time at Moreton Bay Penal Settlement. Married Jane Howlett. Lived at Penrith then Cudgegong.