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Transportation
James Dingle was transported on the Dorothy, departing 5th May 1820 and arriving 29th Sep 1820 with 193 passengers.
Built In Liverpool in 1815. Transported Male only prisoners from Ireland
Dorothy (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW State Records - Certificate of Freedom [4/4424; Reel 602]. NSW, Aust., Register of Certificates of Freedom, (NRS 12208). State Archives, NSW; Roll: 855 - Gaol Description & Entrance Books, Sydney, 1831-1847 --- UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820, 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep. |
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Convict Notes
PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF A GOVERNMENT BOAT, BY CONVICTS, AT NORFOLK ISLAND We have gathered the, following particulars of the seizure of a Government Boat at Norfolk Island, by a band of desperate characters, under Colonial sentence to that Settlement. On the 29th May last, the Government Colonial Vessels Isabella and Governor Phillip were lying to off the Island, discharging their cargoes, when, about 3 o'clock, P.M., a boat returning laden from the latter vessel, was met by the launch belonging to the Settlement, going off empty, with the exception of a cask of water, for the use of the schooner Isabella. Previous to their meeting, the prisoners in the launch, to the number of eight, had forcibly taken her from the Coxswain, and three or four free men, who had charge of her. On coming in contact with the laden boat, the prisoners in possession of the launch, took on board the crew of the former, and also a quantity of maize, which they stowed away; they then commenced cutting up the canvas bags in which it had been shipped, to make sails for the launch; they then transferred the Coxswain and his men from the launch to the other boat, disclaiming the intention of doing personal injury to any one, and then left them to carry the news of their exploit to the island. There being a perfect calm at the time, the fugitives, sixteen in number, double banked their oars, and pulled away to the eastward, in sight of the two Government vessels, who had not the means to prevent them. The following is a correct list of the runaways, but it must be observed, in justice to two of the number, viz, William Woods and John Bailey, that they were pressed against their will; the former whose term of banishment to Norfolk Island, has nearly expired, being a sail maker, and his services therefore, considered indispensable, and the latter from his known usefulness as an experienced seaman. We have also been informed that China, who was within 3 weeks of being free, was pressed against his will:- John Thompson, William Woods, Thomas Hughes, James Banks, John Hiatt, Daniel Byrne, William China, John Lomas, John Gambler, James Dingle, Robert Hanslin, William Green, James Hopkins, John Bailey, George Haycraft, James Ward. Three cheers were given by the runaways when they became masters of the boat. … (The Australian 19 Jul 1833, p. 2.)
Colonial Secretary Index. DINGLE, James. Per "Dorothy", 1820 1822 Feb 6 - On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.403) 1825 Feb 23 - On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Amity" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.506-7)
1819, 25 October: Admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin; charged with "stealing an heifer [sic]". 1819, 31 October: Tried and found guilty by Judges Fletcher and Moore; 7 years' transportation. 1820, 15 April: From Kilmainham jail he was "sent on board the convict ship" for transportation (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin Kilmainham 1815-1910).
DURING THE VOYAGE: 1820, 20 May: "John Dingle" was "unironed" along with two other convicts, as reported by Robert Espie, in his ship’s surgeon’s journal (see UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep).
Convicted: October 1819 Native Place: Dublin Age on Arrival: 21 COF: 23 December 1826 - 41/5886 - states aged 27, 5 feet 7 1/2 inches, Complexion: Sallow and pockpitted, Hair: Brown, Eyes: Chestnut No. 53 Gaol Description Book: Height: 5 feet 6 3/4
James Dingle was a participant in the major robbery of the Bank of Australia premises in September 1828. Dingle was eventually arrested, tried and found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, initially at Norfolk Island. He escaped from Norfolk Island in 1833 and was assumed to have drowned at sea. One of his cohorts in the robbery was John Wilford Creighton. Both James Dingle and John Wilford Creighton married the same girl, Anne Toole, daughter of Bernard Toole, another convict. John married Anne in 1826, and he drowned in January 1828, along with Bernard. James married Anne in 1829.