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Transportation
Joseph Exley was transported on the Minerva, departing 8th Jul 1824 and arriving 19th Nov 1824 with 172 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 178 |
| 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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Colonial Secretary Index. EXLEY, Joseph. Per "Minerva", 1824 1825 Jul 3 On monthly statement of changes in the convicts at Rooty Hill Station; from Sub inspector Plumley (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.283) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Exley, a runaway from Castle-hill iron gang, and forwarded from Sydney, was ordered to receive 50 lashes, and be returned. Sydney Gazette, 23 Dec 1826. Sydney Quarter Sessions. Joseph Exley charged with making use of a forged certificate of freedom, with intent of shortening his sentence. Mr. Thomas Ryan sworn – deposeth that the prisoner Joseph Exley has been at large since the year 1828; in consequence of information he was apprehended at Patrick's Plains ; he has been frequently arraigned at the bar as a free man of the name of Williss ; was convicted in this Court, and sentenced to an ironed gang, from which he absconded. Guilty, fourteen years to a penal settlement. Sydney Gazette, 20 Oct 1835. John Exley, stood indicted for uttering a forged Certificate of Freedom.— The certificate had been originally granted to a man named William Willis who arrived per ship Neptune, and had been altered so as to suit, the description of the prisoner who had assumed the name of William Willis. Being apprehended at Patrick's Plains, on suspicion of being a runaway, he was forwarded by the Bench at that district to Sydney, in order to ascertain his condition; on his arriving at the Office be was identified by Mr. Thomas Ryan, Chief Clerk at the Office of the Principal Superintendent of Convicts, as Joseph Exley, per Minerva, 4, a prisoner for life, who had absconded from No. 3 Iron Gang, so far back as the year 1828; on examining the books, it was further ascertained that since that period the prisoner had been twice convicted of larceny in that Court in the name of Willis, and had been sentenced for the first offence to years an Iron Gang, and for the latter twelve months. The prisoner in his defence said, he had found the Certificate three weeks after he had absconded and had not altered it; he had always endeavoured to get an honest livelihood as a shoemaker. Sentenced to be transported to a Penal Settlement for fourteen years. The Australian, 23 Oct 1835.
JOHN WOMERSLEY (18), JOHN PICKLES (19), JOSEPH EXLEY (18), JOSH. FISH (18), and MARY ANN SPENCER (20), charged with burglariously breaking into the house of Isaac Longbottom, of Leeds, and stealing thereout a quantity of wearing apparel, and other articles. Mr. Habdy slated the case. The prosecutor ... Leeds Intelligencer, 1 April 1824. John Womersley, aged 18, John Pickles, aged l9, and Joseph Exley, aged 18, for a burglary at Leeds; Newcastle Courant, 3 April 1824.