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Transportation
William Goodwin was transported on the Portland, departing 19th Nov 1831 and arriving 26th Mar 1832 with 178 passengers.
The 'Portland' ship was built at Bristol, England in 1822, 385 tons. The 'Portland' transported convicted from Britain to Australia in 1832 & 1833. The 1833 voyage came direct from Cork, Ireland therefore all of the passengers are not yet listed on this web site.
Portland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 226 |
| 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 Online WILLIAM GOODWIN. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 8th September 1831. Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM GOODWIN Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 8th September 1831 Reference Number t18310908-50 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1578. WILLIAM GOODWIN was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of July , 1 coat, value 1l. , the goods of John Fordham Taylor . JOHN FORDHAM TAYLOR . I am clerk at Messrs. Hoare's brewhouse. I left this coat in my chaise on the 27th of July, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, while I stepped into a house - I told a person to mind it; he turned his back, and the coat was taken: this is it. GEORGE COLEMAN . I was going up the street, on the opposite side; I saw the prisoner, and another lad in a blue coat; they were together; the prisoner went to the side of the chaise, snatched the coat out, rolled it up, and ran away; the other man pushed the prisoner off as fast as he could - I told the gentleman of it. JAMES TAYLOR . I am a headborough. I was coming up Whitecross-street, at a quarter to twelve o'clock that day, and saw the prisoner, with this coat; there were two others in his company - I asked him what he had there; he said a coat which he had bought at a shop - I said, "Come and show me where;" as we were going along, he said he bought it of a man in Bethnal-green-road for 9s. - I found the prosecutor out.(Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 16. - Transported for Seven Years .
Born in Dublin, Ireland Religion Catholic 16yrs when tried at Old Bailey