Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Abraham Ferrin was transported on the Heroine, departing 6th May 1833 and arriving 19th Sep 1833 with 260 passengers.
Heroine (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 105 (54) |
| 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
JAIL: 1 February, 1831: Admitted to the Cumberland hulk at Chatham—prisoner #969—Abraham Ferrin, 19 (UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849; Cumberland; Register; 1814-1833). 30 April, 1833: Sent from the Cumberland hulk to be transported to NSW. —00—
NEWSPAPER report of trial: 7 January, 1831—Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties, p1: “William Hall, aged 29, and Abraham Ferrin, aged 17, were charged with stealing three geese, the property of John Coates, Stanford. Mr. White called John Abbey, the prosecutor’s nephew, who missed three geese after the night December ...; he found a stick which he knew to be Hall’s; they obtained a search-warrant, and found a goose pie and some giblets stewing; Hall confessed to him, that they had stolen the geese. Joseph Brookes, who lived at Hall’s house, proved conversation with the prisoners, when they asked him to steal some geese from Mr. Coates, at Stanford. Benjamin Taylor, constable of Lougborough, searched the house, and found two geese fresh killed and plucked. James Hands, constable, asked where the feathers were, and the prisoners said they had thrown them into the canal. The depositions also were produced, which proved an admission of the theft by the prisoners. Guilty. Transported for seven years.” (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) —00—
TRIAL: 3 January, 1831: Convicted at Nottingham Epiphany Sessions and sentenced to 7 years’ transportation for stealing 3 geese (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Abraham Ferrin; England Nottinghamshire; 1831). His co-accused, William Hall, was also sentenced to 7 years and went to VDL per Gilmore (1832). --0--