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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Grotto was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 90 |
| 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://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120856772?searchTerm=New%20Year%20Riot TROVE. See article by Robert Willson, on the Tron Riots. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yesterday the following convicts were sent off from the tolbooth of this city, and were shipped at Leith for the hulks in the river Thames, where they will remain till sent off to. Botany viz .John Skelton, Alexander M'Donald, alias White, and Robert Gunn, for different acts of robbery on the streets of this city, the 31st December and Ist January, to transported for life. George Napier and John Grotto, for the same crimes. John Hogg for theft—and John Lindsay Crauford, and James Bradley, for forging deeds, each to be transported for 14 years. . Perthshire Courier, 30 April 1812.
Subject Grotto at time of his arrest was a soldier with the 94th Regiment of Foot.
On 27 March 1812, subject John Grotto along with George Napier appeared at Edinburgh High Court, on a libel for four assault and robberies committed during the Edinburgh Hogmanay Riots 1811/1812 - victims (1)Humphrey Cochrane; (2)Peter Bruce; (3) John Buchan Brodie and (4)Nicol Allan. Grotto pled guilty to robbery of John Brodie only and accepted by the Crown. Both were transported for 14 years. See Scots Magazine (1812), Vol.74, p 249-250 and McGowan, John (2013) A New Civic Order: The contribution of the City of Edinburgh Police, 1805-1812, p 271, p 284 and p 314.