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Transportation
Francis Ross was transported on the Morley, departing 31st Oct 1816 and arriving 10th Apr 1817 with 179 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 311 (157) |
| 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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Died; 17 November 1859. Noted in the Liverpool Asylum Register for the Infirm & Destitute Name; Francis Ross Age; 63. Ship; Morley [17] Free by Servitude. Church of England. Died ** All details per the Register
Old bailey Online 1046. FRANCIS ROSS was indicted for feloniously assaulting Stephen Bishop , in the King's Highway, on the 26th of August , for putting him in fear, and taking from his person and against his will, a watch, value 2l. a chain, value 1s. a seal, value 1s. and a key, value 3d. the property of Stephen Bishop . STEPHEN BISHOP . On the 20th of August, about twenty minutes after eleven o'clock at night, I was coming along Holloway-lane, Shoreditch . The prisoner came up to me, and gently put his hand here, and took my watch. It was out of my pocket in an instant. It was a silver watch, and worth about two pounds, He ran away directly; I turned upon him and called watch; he ran about an hundred yards, when he was stopped by a person who could not hold him; at last he was stopped by a watchman. EDWARD ANSON. I stopped the prisoner. I took him to the watchhouse; the prosecutor charged him with robbing him of his watch. At last we searched the prisoner, but could not find the watch. I then went back to search the place where I had stopped him. I found the watch put on some tiling over a privy, close against where the prisoner stood when I seized him. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY , aged 22. Of Larceny only. Transported for Life . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.