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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Fains was transported on the Grenada, departing 3rd May 1821 and arriving 16th Sep 1821 with 152 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 31 (17) |
| 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
OLD BAILEY 286. WILLIAM FAINT was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of January , one chest, value 2 s., and 86 lbs. of tea, value 20 l. , the goods of John Coles Newberry . SECOND COUNT, stating it to belong to Isaac Ford . JOHN COLES NEWBERRY . I am a tea-dealer , and live in Providence-row, Finsbury-square . On Monday last, I bought three chests of tea of Isaac Ford , and about half-past five o'clock the porter brought two chests in, when he went for the third it was stolen from the truck. JAMES BROOKS . I am a porter. I delivered two chests and missed the other from the truck. THOMAS MAYHEW . I am conductor of the Bow-street patrol. I was in Providence-row on Monday, and met the prisoner with the chest of tea on his shoulder. I suspected and asked where he was going with it - he was close to Mr. Laws, a grocer - he said he was going in there - he turned as if to go in, and threw it down on the first step. I secured him. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. A man like a porter, appeared exhausted, and asked me to carry it. GUILTY . Aged 38. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 Ticket of Leave Date: 10 January 1828 . No; 28/2 Native Place: SURRYE Date Of Trial: 10 JANUARY 1821 Complexion: DARK SWALLOW Height; 5 FT 5 3/4 INCHES Hair: BROWN TO GREY Eyes; HAZEL