Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Griffiths was transported on the Mangles, departing 30th Jun 1824 and arriving 27th Oct 1824 with 192 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 161 (82) |
| 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
National Archives. Ref: HO 17/9/25 1 individual petition (Edward Ducker, Sheriff of Chester) on behalf of William Griffiths, convicted at the Lancaster Summer Assizes in 1823, for highway robbery. There are 2 certificates of character one from H B Housman, surgeon of Liverpool who employed Griffiths for 3 years and another from Roger Mercer Cockerill and Edward Edmunds of Oswestry in Salop, employers of the prisoner 6 years previous and a covering letter from William Massey, magistrate, City of Chester. Grounds for clemency: previous good character as stated by all his employers, has a wife and child in great distress and this was his first offence. Initial sentence: life [transportation?]. Annotated: 'Nil, 22 Dec 1823'. AK 25. Date: 1823 Nov 19.
James Griffiths was sent from Darlinghust Gaol on 28 October 1836 to the iron gangs of Berrima (see The Campbelltown Convicts).