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Edward Jerome was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 128 |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 5 Jan 1832. 413. WILLIAM HARRISON , MARTIN FITZGERALD, and EDWARD JEROME were indicted for stealing, on the 12th of December , 3 pairs of clogs, value 2s. 6d. , the goods of Thomas Hough . THOMAS HOUGH . I live in Regent-street ; I keep an oil-shop, and sell clogs . On the 12th of December, about five minutes to eight o'clock in the evening, I missed these clogs; and in a few minutes the Police-officer came by with the prisoner, and these clogs, which are mine, and had been in my window. JAMES BACON . I am a Policeman. I was on duty, and saw four boys together; I know Harrison was one - another officer was following them; they were not running then, but I saw Harrison throw one pair of clogs down -I followed them, and then took up another pair of clogs close by where the one pair had been thrown down. ROBERT GOOSE . I am a Policeman. I was on duty at eight o'clock in the evening, and saw the three prisoners and another; I knew them - they turned, and saw me coming; Harrison turned down a street, and threw down a pair of clogs - the other two went on, and threw down a pair each; I took up one pair, and Brown took up two pairs - I knew the prisoners before; they are always together - this was on Tuesday; Harrison was taken that night - I took Fitzgerald on the Thursday, and Jerome on the Friday.(Property produced and sworn to.) Harrison's Defence. Five minutes before eight o'clock I went home from selling some potatoes; my mother sent me out to pay a bill - I saw some boys; they threw something away - they ran off, and I ran too. Fitzgerald put in a written Defence, stating that he was merely passing, and had no clogs in his possession. Jerome's Defence. I was not out of the room till twenty minutes past seven o'clock; I then went on an errand, and returned in five minutes. HARRISON - GUILTY . Aged 15. FITZGERALD - GUILTY . Aged 14. JEROME - GUILTY . Aged 14. Transported for Seven Years . ------------------------------------------------------------ National Archives. HO-9-2_4. Page 21/48. Euryalus Hulk, at Chatham. Eight Received from Newgate, 31 Jan 1832. Edward Jerome, age 14, Stg a pair clogs, Tried Middlesex, 5 Jan 1832, 7 years. NSW per L. Lyndock, 24 May 1833. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jerome was one of 50 lads from the hulk Euryalus who were boarded onto the Lord Lyndoch for transportation.