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Transportation
Edward Footman was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 202 |
| 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 Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 11 October 2023), January 1814, trial of EDWARD FOOTMAN (t18140112-76). EDWARD FOOTMAN, Theft > grand larceny, 12th January 1814. 147. EDWARD FOOTMAN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 3rd of December , four coach-glasses, value 2 l. the property of the Honorable Alexander Maitland , esq. CHARLES GOODMAN . I am groom to Mr. Green. I was coachman to General Maitland at the time the glasses were taken away. On the 2nd of December, I left the premises safe, and locked up; on the 3rd of December, in the morning, when I went I found the coach-house door open, and the four glasses taken away. JOHN GWYER . I am a gentleman's servant. On the 3rd of December, the prisoner brought to me the four glasses, he asked me if I knew any body that bought coach-glasses; I asked how he came by them; he said, he found them. I took the glasses to Mr. Gladman, a frame-maker, in Drury-lane; I asked him fifty shillings for them; he bid me two pounds four shillings; I agreed to let him have them, and while he got the change he sent me over to a public-house, in the mean time he got two officers, and had me taken up to Bow-street office. The prisoner was waiting for me at the Queen's Head in Holly-street. Q. What is the prisoner - A. A labouring man. I did not suspect they were stolen; he said, he found them. Q. Coach glasses do not easily get out of a coach without hands - A. No. JOSEPH GLADMAN . The glasses were brought to me for sale, on Friday, the 3rd of December; I stopped them, and sent for the officers. The man asked me thirty-six shillings for them; I gave thirty-four shillings for them, and got an officer and had the man taken in custody. These are the glasses. CHRISTOPHER JONES . On the 3rd of December, Mr. Gladman came to the office, he said there was a man came with the glasses, he asked but little for them. I went to the man and asked him where he got them; he said that he had them of a man of the name of Footman, he was at the Queen's Head in Holly-street; I went to Footman; he said he found them in Paddington fields. Q. to Goodman. Is the lace on the frames like General Maitland's lace - A. It is like it; I cannot swear to it. JURY. The lace on the frames correspond with the lace brought from General Maitland's house. Prisoner's Defence. I found the glasses in a ditch in a field where the grand navigable Canal is cut in the Prince Regents park; there was a boy in the field feeding cows; I do not know him; I cannot call him. GUILTY , aged 21. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.
Hulk Records, Portsmouth. HO-9-8_2 page 76. Received twenty six prisoners from Newgate, June 4, 1814. Edward Footman, age 21, Felony, Tried Middlesex 14 Jan 1814, 7 years. B.S., Baring.