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Transportation
Thomas Ford was transported on the Batavia, departing 30th Sep 1817 and arriving 5th Apr 1818 with 220 passengers.
Batavia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 390 |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. FORD, Thomas. Per "Batavia", 1818 1818 Apr 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Batavia" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.151)
Hulk Record HO-9-4 (2. p 23.) Justitia at Woolwich. Received 8th July 1817. Thomas Ford, aged 24, Shooting with intent to murder, Tried Nottingham, 14 March 1817, Life, Transported 3 Oct 1817. Nottinghamshire Assizes. Thomas Ford was indicted for having wilfully and maliciously shot and wounded John Freeman, constable, of Mansfield, with a pistol leaded. with a leaden ballon the night of the 10th of October last; and also with having possession of a forged note, purporting to be of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England without giving any reasonable account how be came by the same. --The prosecutor is a publican at and prisoner exhibited the note in question in his house, on the night of the fair, under the pretence of asking if it was a good one. Mr. Freeman took him into custody, and placed hand-cuffs on him, which the prisoner contrived to slip off, and then drew a pistol, which he had secreted about his person, and shot the prosecutor in his face, as he was stooping down. Mr. Denman, Counsel for the prisoner, contended, that the taking the prisoner into into custody under the circumstances stated was ... Death, Cambridge Chronicle, 28 March 1817.