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Transportation
James French was transported on the Marquis Of Huntley, departing 10th May 1826 and arriving 13th Sep 1826 with 202 passengers.
Marquis Of Huntley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 31 (17) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey (online) JAMES FRENCH, Theft - grand larceny, 7th April 1824. 728. JAMES FRENCH was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of March , six loaves of bread, value 2 s. , the goods of Edward Tatner . EDWARD TATNER . I am a baker , and live in Cannon-street-road . On the 19th of March, about nine o'clock in the evening, I was in the street opposite my shop, and saw the prisoner enter my shop, and before I could get across he came out with six 2 lb. loaves - I stopped him with them three feet from the door. CHRISTOPHER ARNOLD . I saw the prisoner scuffling with the prosecutor, and took the loaves from him. STEPHEN CARTWRIGHT . I am a constable. The prisoner was brought to the watch-house. I asked why he took the bread; he said he was very hungry. I found 2 1/2 d. in his pocket. GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years . Euryalus hulk record. HO-9-2-3 page 43 Eight from Newgate, 1? May 1824 James French, Hulk No 130, aged 15, felony, convicted at Middlesex, 7 April 1824, Sentence, 7 years. How disposed of? NSW. Marquis of Huntley, 6 May 1826. The prison hulk, the Euryalus, an ex-frigate of the Trafalgar fleet, was moored at Chatham. Over the twenty years that this hulk serviced juveniles, about 2,500 boys of fourteen and under passed through. There were also considerable numbers of older boys both in the juvenile hulk and distributed among the other hulks. From the Euryalus, boys were transported both to New South Wales and to Van Diemen’s Land.