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Transportation
Fordyce Gowlan was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 355 (177) |
| 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
The sentences of the other nine (among whom was Fordyce Gowlan, late Quarter-master in the Light Dragoons, tor stealing Bank Notes) were respited. Salisbury Journal, 25 April 1803.
A very long account: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) February 1803. Trial of FORDYCE GOWLAN (t18030216-46). Available at: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18030216-46?text=Gowlan (Accessed: 1st October 2025). Tried at the Old Bailey 16 Feb 1803. 265. FORDYCE GOWLAN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 13th of September , in the dwelling-house of James Sherwin , a bill of exchange, called a Bank-post bill, value 10l. a Bank-note, of the value of 10l. and another Banknote of the value of 5l. the property of Oliver Dowlin . OLIVER DOWLIN sworn. - I lodge at Mr. Sherwin's, the Northumberland Coffee-house, in the Strand ; I came there, I think, on the 3d of September, and I did not lodge there after the 12th; I did not sleep there every night, I had a bed to myself. Q. Did you give it up on the 12th? - A. I did not give it up, I left it; my portmanteau was there till after the 12th. Q. What property was in the portmanteau that was missing afterwards? - A. One hundred and ten pounds, all in Bank-notes of different descriptions; I don't say certainly that the five-pound Bank-note was stole from me, because I passed some of them. … ... Prisoner's defence. I was quarter-master in a regiment; I have been some years in the habit of having a good deal of money to pay away; I heard of the robbery that had been committed at the Northumberland Coffee-house; I remained five days after that; I went down into the country, and was absent six weeks; when I returned I was apprehended under suspicion of stealing the 110l. I was down in Scotland; I was apprehended there, and kept in Edinburgh jail three months; I petitioned, and by the assistance of Mr. Erskine got removed to London. GUILTY , Death . The prisoner was recommended by the Jury to his Majesty's mercy, in consideration of his having served his King, and this probably being his first offence. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Chambre.