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Transportation
John Frazer was transported on the Morley, departing 31st Oct 1816 and arriving 10th Apr 1817 with 177 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 | census/muster |
| 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, 12 March 2021), September 1815, trial of JOHN FRASER (t18150913-14). JOHN FRASER, Theft > theft from a specified place, 13th September 1815. 787. JOHN FRASER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 26th of June , one sheet, value 6 s. the property of Stephen Parker , in a lodging room . STEPHEN PARKER. I am landlord of the Coach and Horses, in King-street . The prisoner at the bar lodged at my house on the night of the 26th of June, and paid one shilling for his nights lodging. The sheet in question was let to him with the lodging. In the morning, as the prisoner was going out, the sheet was missed, and he was stopped on Westminster-bridge, and on his being searched, the sheet was round his hips; it is worth six shillings. JOSEPH WANDER . I am a constable. I took the prisoner into custody. Here is the sheet. WILLIAM BRUMBLE . I am a waterman. On the day mentioned in the indictment. I was plying at Westminster-bridge stairs, and hearing a cry of stop thief, and seeing the prisoner running, I stopped him. I saw the sheet taken from about his hips. Prisoner's Defence. On Tuesday morning, I was taken very bad with the rhumatism in my hips, and wrapped the sheet round them, and hearing the soldiers going off to the continent, I jumped up, and put on my clothes and forgot to take off the sheet. GUILTY . Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. --------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Record. CON13-1-1 Image 109. List of (28) 30 male convicts, embarked on board the ship Duke of Wellington for the Derwent in Van Diemen’s Land, 30th Jan 1818. John Frazer, arrived by Morley, Tried Middlesex G.D., 13 Sept 1815, 7 years, Shoemaker.
1837 at Hobart Town