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Transportation
Thomas Gould was transported on the Somersetshire, departing 28th Feb 1814 and arriving 16th Oct 1814 with 201 passengers.
Somersetshire (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 160 |
| 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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Colonial Secretary Index. GOULD, Thomas. Per "Somersetshire", 1814. 1814 Oct 25 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Somersetshire" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.347) 1819 Jun 7,8 Re permission to marry at Parramatta; appears as Gold (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.145)
The following are the sentences of the prisoners: Thomas Gould, for poultry, transportation. ... Bath Chronicle, 16 Sept 1813. ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas Goold was indicted for rescuing a herd of cattle, seized for trespassing, by Wm. Carter, of Parramatta. It appeared in evidence, that the prosecutor, Wm. Carter, found a number of cattle, the property of the prisoner, trespassing in an orchard belonging to him, and in which they had destroyed a considerable quantity of fruit. Several occurrences of a similar nature having previously taken place, the prosecutor seized the cattle for the purpose of impounding them, but the prisoner coming up at the time, demanded that they should be given up to him, offering to pay a certain sum in recompense for the damage which the prosecutor had sustained. The offer was not accepted, and the prosecutor went for a constable to convey them to the pound, leaving them in his absence in charge of his servant, from whom the prisoner forcibly took possession of them, threatening him with considerable personal violence if he refused to deliver them up. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the learned Chairman, in passing sentence, observed, that the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted was one of considerable magnitude ; the prosecutor had a right to impound the cattle when they were found trespassing on his property ; it was optional with him whether he would accept the settlement offered him by the prisoner ; and it was not for one moment to be allowed, that any person should take the law into his own hands, by rescuing cattle, and offering to pay what he thought proper. The sentence of the Court, therefore, would have been much more severe than that which he was about to pass, but for suggestions made by some of the Magistrates on the Bench, that the prisoner had been lately unfortunate in his circumstances.—To be imprisoned for 1 calendar month. Dr. Harris wished it to be generally understood, that the leniency exercised in that case, from the circumstance mentioned by the Chairman, would not again be extended on any similar occasion, as, from the frequency of the offence at Parramatta, the Court was determined in future to punish any person offending in the like manner with the utmost severity of the law. Sydney Gazette, 8 Apr 1826. ---------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census - Householder, Thomas Gould. Thomas Gould, age 50, F.S. per Somersett, 1813, 7 years, Stockman, Parramatta, protestant. Mary Gould, age 40, F.S. per Elizabeth, 1816, 7 years, wife of above, Parramatta, protestant. William Suderland, age 37, C.F. per Matilda, 1817, Gunsmith, Parramatta, protestant. Source: Familysearch image.