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Transportation
Thomas Green 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 244. --00--Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. |
| 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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IN WA: From his FREMANTLE jail record: GREEN, Thomas; inmate #4531, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1837 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Stoker Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Stafford, Stafford, England Crime: Wounding 2 policemen Sentence Period: Life Ticket of Leave Date: 16 Mar 1861 Conditional Pardon Date: 16 Apr 1866 Comments: Labourer (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
10 September, 1857: Sent from Portland to board the NILE for transportation to WA; behaviour on voyage “good” (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). --00--
13 March, 1857: Admitted to PORTLAND prison, Dorset -- inmate #6814. Portland, Portsmouth, Chatham and Spike Island in Ireland were listed public works stations and the second stage in the penal process. After separate confinement, prisoners were “placed on work parties at various locations, most commonly naval stations, where maintenance of facilities was vital for the effective protection of Britain’s far flung commercial and military influences around the world. While there, attitude and behaviour were monitored closely. In theory, only after consistently positive reports was a prisoner moved on to the third stage of his incarceration—transportation.” (Edgar, p40) Thomas Green was listed as 21 years old on conviction, single, a labourer, Catholic, illiterate, with no previous convictions. Next of kin -- Dennis Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portland Prison; Prison Records; to 1875). --0--
26 May, 1856: Admitted to Wakefield prison -- served 10 months in separate confinement; behaviour "very good". “After a sentence of transportation was handed down, the prisoner entered into a separate stage where he was placed into an individual cell, isolated from others, apart from brief periods of exercise and attendance at chapel. However, no communication of any kind with other prisoners was permitted at any time. The philosophy behind this penal methodology had its provenances in the religious, monastic traditions; i.e., that in the isolation of his cell the malefactor would be able to contemplate the errors of his way, unadulterated by the negative influences of former contemporaries, and be reformed.” (Edgar, 2018, pp39-40) When first put into practice, the mandated period of separate confinement was 18 months. By the late 1840s, authorities had conceded that such conditions of imprisonment were “injurious to many prisoners’ mental health” and the stint was reduced to 12 months. Periods of separate confinement were reduced further “as a prisoner displayed good behaviour tendencies” (Edgar, p40). Millbank, Wakefield, Pentonville and Mountjoy in Ireland were the “Probation” or “Separate” prisons, as were some local jails. --0--
JAILS: 11 December, 1855: Admitted to STAFFORD jail -- served 5 months 14 days; behaviour "good". --0--
NEWSPAPER report of the trial: "John Garratty, 27, Thomas Green, 21, Michael Mulranhan, 25, and Catherine Brennan, 25, were charged with feloniously wounding Albion Osborne, a police constable, with the intention of preventing the apprehension or detention of Michael Brennan, and also with intent to do him [the officer] grievous bodily harm. A disturbance arose among the Irish at Great Bridge, Tipton, on the 24th of November last, and on Osborne and other officers going to the spot, they were seriously maltreated, Osborne receiving a dangerous fracture of the skull. The charge was clearly proved against Garraty and Green, but the evidence against the other prisoners was not conclusive as to actual participation in the assault upon Osborne. The same prisoners, with William Hainey and Michael Brennan, were then indicted for misdemeanour and assaulting the police in the execution their duty. Green and Garraty were found guilty on both indictments, and sentenced to transportation for life..." (Aris's Birmingham Gazette, Monday 24 March 1856, p4, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/).
TRIAL: 11 March, 1856: Convicted at the Stafford Assizes and sentenced to transportation for life for "maliciously wounding to prevent lawful detention" (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Staffordshire; 1856). --0--