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Transportation
Robert Gordon was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 251 (127). Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department Registers (128/38 - 39). |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: NEWSPAPER report of his trial: "MURDER AND ROBBERY. Robert Gordon, a railway labourer, was accused of murder and robbery, in so far as, on the 31st December or lst January last, on the public road called the Peat Road or Duncryne Road, near the village of Gartocharn and at the farm house of Lochabor, occupied by Wm. Smith. in the parish of Kilmarnock, he did attack and assault William Guthrie, mason, then residing at Lochaber, and knock him down and kick or strike him with his fists on or near the belly, of which injuries he died on the 3rd January, two days after. As also of having robbed the said William Guthrie of a £1 note, several articles of wearing apparel, and a quantity of tools used by the said William Guthrie in his calling a mason... The jury returned a verdict of guilty but recommended him to mercy, on the ground that murder was not originally intended. Lord Cowan sentenced him to be hanged at Dumbarton on Thursday, the 22nd instant." (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 7 May 1856, p2 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/).
From his Fremantle jail record: GORDON, Robert; #4539, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1829 Date of Death: 11 Dec 1868 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Glasgow, Lanark, England Crime: Robbery & murder Sentence Period: Life, commuted Ticket of Leave Date: 28 Jul 1860 Conditional Pardon Date: 1 Oct 1866 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
TRIAL: 1 May, 1856: National Records of Scotland -- Reference JC26/1856/163 Trial papers relating to Robert Gordon for the crime of murder and robbery at Peat Road or Duncryne Road, near Gartocharn village, Kilmarnock. Tried at High Court, Glasgow Accused: Robert Gordon, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty - recommendation for leniency, Sentence: Death - hanging by public executioner. Petition: Remission of sentence granted under the Great Seal at High Court, Edinburgh, 30 May 1856 (see JC8/63, f.85r). --00--
CRIME: 1856: National Records of Scotland -- Reference AD14/56/67 Precognition against Robert Gordon for the crime of murder and robbery at Peat Road or Duncryne Road, near Gartocharn village, Kilmarnock. Accused: Robert Gordon, Age: 26, labourer, Address: Gartocharn, Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Origin: Native of Balquwhither. Victim: William Guthrie, Gartocharn village, Kilmarnock --00--