Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Fleet was transported on the Neptune, departing 4th Oct 1837 and arriving 18th Jan 1838 with 359 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 162. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. Trove newspapers online https://trove.nla.gov.au |
| 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
James FLEET was convicted at Denbigh, Wales on 4 April 1837 for stealing a pair of brass candlesticks. Gaol Report: Convicted before & dishonest. 7 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia per the ship 'Neptune" arriving there 19 Jan 1838. Widower, 1 child. (ref. Conduct Record) VDL: Assigned to work services. 5 April 1841: Assigned to Mr. Bisdey/Bisdee (large estate owner) Reprimanded for talking to a person, under sentence, during Divine Service. 18 Jan 1842: Ticket of Leave granted. (ref: Conduct Record & Gov Gazette) 1844: Free Certificate issued, no. 605. (N.B. There was another James Fleet, convict in VDL and it is he who died, at Esperance, in 1845.)