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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
James Gordon was transported on the Exmouth, departing 3rd Mar 1831 and arriving 28th Jul 1831 with 291 passengers.
Exmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 37 (21) |
| 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
NSW Convict Index. James Gordon, per Exmouth, 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 4 Aug 1838. No 38/0698.
The women he was convicted with, were transported on the Earl of Liverpool.
James Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon or Young, Jane Yompri or Gordon, Hannah Gordon, and Mary Young, were placed at the bar, charged with eight separate acts of theft, committed in the parishes of Lumphanan, Tarland, and Coldstone. The articles stolen on these several occasions consisted chiefly of wearing apparel, poultry, &c. James Gordon pleaded Guilty, and the rest of the prisoners Guilty art and part. They were all sentenced to transportation beyond seas for the period of 7 years. Aberdeen Press, 15 Sept 1830. Art and part is a term used in Scots law to denote the aiding or abetting in the perpetration of a crime, or being an accessory before or at the perpetration of the crime. There is no such offence recognised in Scotland, as that of being an accessory after the fact. The prisoners all seem to be related.