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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Giblett was transported on the Hercules, departing 24th Dec 1824 and arriving 7th May 1825 with 135 passengers.
The "Hercules" ship was built in 1801 at South Sheilds, England. 1801 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and the Cape. A mutiny occurred just prior to their arrival at Rio - after 45 minutes it was quashed but 13 convicts had been killed. Jeremiah Pendergass was named as the ring leader and shot. 44 deaths in total on this voyage. There was then another ship, also named, "Hercules" built 1822 at Whitby, England who made 3 trips to Austraia, in 1825, 1830 & 1832.
Hercules (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 239 (121) |
| 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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"James Charles Giblett is my wife's 2 x great grandfather."
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 08 April 2021), January 1824, trial of JAMES GIBLETT (t18240114-171). JAMES GIBLETT, Theft > grand larceny, 14th January 1824. 378. JAMES GIBLETT was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of December , two pieces of leather, value 2 s. , the goods of Oliver Owen , his master . OLIVER OWEN . I am a currier , and live in Drury-lane . The prisoner was in my service. On the 24th of December, in consequence of suspicion, I marked two pairs of soles, and gave them to Lack. SAMUEL LACK . I am an officer. I received the pieces of leather, and gave them to Swann. JAMES SWANN . I am servant to Mr. Owen. The soles were marked, and my master put me into the back parlour to watch, and about half-past seven o'clock in the morning, of the 24th of December, I saw the prisoner rubbing the counter down; he left off in the middle of it, took a pile of soles down off the shelf, selected two pairs, and put them into his bosom. He finished the counter, and went to clean my master's boots, and when my master came down, I told him, and took them out of his bosom myself. MR. OWEN. I marked the soles, and put them on the shelf - they are mine. Prisoner's Defence, written. I have been two years in the prosecutor's service, and am innocent. The property was found near to where I was standing cleaning boots, but I do not know how they came there. GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Seven Years . --------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/15/741824 Jan 29 Prisoner name: James Charles Giblett. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1824. Crime: Stealing two small pieces of leather valued at 2s from his employer. Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation. Annotated (Outcome): 2 February 1824 Nil. Petitioner(s): Thomas Giblett father and 13 inhabitants of London. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; youth; aged and afflicted parents. --------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census Index. James Giblett, age 22, G.S. Hercules, 1824, 7 years, protestant, Labourer, R. Wiseman, Nerrein, Luskintyre district.