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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Gregg was transported on the Shipley, departing 20th Dec 1816 and arriving 24th Apr 1817 with 125 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 322 |
| 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
SUPREME COURT. FRIDAY AUGUST 13. (Before the three Judges.) The undermentioned prisoners, who had been tried during the Session, were brought up, and sentenced as follows : — John Gregg, convicted of highway robbery in the neighbourhood of Penrith. Mr. Justice Burton addressing him said, he had been convicted of a highway robbery committed under such circumstances as precluded him from recommending the case, to the merciful consideration of his Excellency. He was a ticket of leave holder, and capable of earning a livelihood by honest means. He however had been in the habit of supplying the assigned servants upon a neighbouring farm with spirits. But the offences for which he had been convicted were these—that he had gone to the house of a constable, from whence by force he took away a gun ; he then proceeded into the bush towards the house of prosecutor, from whom he demanded money ; he took prosecutor into the bush to get money, which the latter had " planted." When detected by the police, he was standing over prosecutor with the musket loaded, and cocked. It was impossible therefore, that the governor and council, could grant any remission in the punishment. He then proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner. Sydney Gazette, 20 Aug 1836. EXECUTION.—John Gregg, convicted at the last Criminal Sessions of robbing and putting in bodily fear, suffered death yesterday pursuant to his sentence. He was a prisoner of the Crown, holding a Ticket-of-Leave for the district of Liverpool, and had for some time been in the practice of going about the country levying contributions as an armed bush-ranger. Sydney Monitor, 3 Sep 1836.
Absconded. 1. John Gregg, Shipley 1, 27, Northampton, 5 feet 11 and a half inches high, hazle eyes, light brown hair, fair pale comp. Mr. A. Bell's Clearing Party. SydneyGazette, 22 Jan 1824.
Register of General Courts Martial. Private John Gregg, 81st Regt, tried at Valenciennes, 11 May 1816. Proceeding laid before the Prince Regent, 10 June 1816. Charges: Burglary and Robbery. Sentence: To be hung; but commuted for Transportation for Life.
NSW 1828 Census Index. Two possible entries – for the same person? John Gregg, per Shipley, Rooty Hill, Residence: Panfied? John Gregg, age 35, GS, per Shipley, 1815, Life, Laborer, Melville district.
Colonial Secretary Index. GREGG, John. Per "Shipley", 1817 1817 May 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Shipley" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.129) 1818 Dec 2 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3186; 4/1855 p.112) 1821 Sep 5 Feller and splitter. Samuel Hassall, of Cooke, permitted to employ for the procurement of timber in the Cowpastures (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.305, 327) 1825 Jul 5 On monthly statement of changes in the convicts at Rooty Hill Station; from Lieutenant Bell's Clearing Gang (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.283)
NSW Convict Index. John Gregg, per Shipley, 1817, Ticket of Leave, No 34/961. District, Liverpool; Born, Northampt; Trade, Whipmaker; Tried, Valenciennes CM.
NSW Govt. Gazette, 8 June 1836. Colonial Secretary's Office. Sydney, 7th June, 1836. TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. THE Tickets of Leave granted to the following Prisoners have been Cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names. Gregg John, Shipley (1), absconding from district, and forcibly taking from a constable his carbine.