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James Filer was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 2nd Apr 1838 and arriving 8th Aug 1838 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 "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 234 |
| 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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Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette Somerset, England 17 Aug 1837: SOMERSETSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES James Filer, aged 29, was indicted for maliciously cutting and wounding Sarah Pearce, with intent murder her at Wells, on the 13th July last. Mr Jardine and Mr. Kinglake conducted the prosecution; Mr. Stone defended the prisoner. Sarah Pearce examined. I am a widow, residing at High street, Wells. My husband has been dead four months. He was a dealer in earthenware, which business I have carried on since his decease. The prisoner at the bar was employed to carry about the country. In the afternoon, at five o'clock, of the 13th July, the prisoner drank tea with me. During tea-time he asked me to marry him. I said, 'You have a wife and two children ; but if you were a single man I would not marry you.' He then siad I should have no one else ; adding, 'You shall surely die in your sins.' After this he went out of the house, and came back about six o'clock, and then again about a quarter before eight. Edited, as this is a long trial....... He asked her again to marry him, she said no, he stabbed her 3 times with a knife.....Mr. Stone attributed the perpetration of the offence to a sudden fit of insanity.....Jury returned a verdict of guilty....sentenced to death. The prisoner had more the appearance of a quiet inoffensive man than that of a man likely to commit murder. He held his head down, and covered his face with his handkerchief during the trial, and when he was taken out of court was not able to stand. James Filer was listed as 29 years old on arrival. Native Place: Somersetshire. James was literate, RC, Married with 1 male and 1 female children, 5'3½" tall, dark sallow complexion, brown mixed with grey hair, grey eyes, nose large and broad, two scars on left side of forehead, scar on palm of left hand, near the forefinger, scar on back of middle and third fingers of same. 12/9/1840: Convict Death Register - James died at Parramatta.