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Crime
Transportation
John Grant 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 356 |
| 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
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18030525-19-defend155&div=t18030525-19#highlight John Grant was tried for firing pistols at a gentleman, who he knew, Mr Townsend, a solicitor. (Mr Townsend was unhurt.) He was an educated man, who worked for many years in the accounting office of a merchant of the city of London, but had become infatuated with a young lady, Miss Ward, the daughter of the late Lord Ward, whom he wanted to marry. He had been bankrupt about a year before the shooting. The juudge questioned his sanity during the case, but he was sentenced to death. The case received considerable coverage in the newspapers at the time. --------------------------------------------------- Yesterday John Grant, who was to have been executed this day, for firing a pistol at Mr. Townshend, received a respite during his Majesty's pleasure Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 18 July 1803. --------------------------------------------------