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William Guilday was transported on the Anson, departing 23rd Sep 1843 and arriving 4th Feb 1844 with 499 passengers.
The HMS Anson was a large ship, 1870 tons, built at Paull, near Hull, England in 1812. Sailed to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia from Plymouth, England on 1 Oct 1843, arriving 4 Feb 1844 carrying 499 male convicts, plus a crew of 326 - the greatest number to ever leave England on a transport ship. The 'Anson' was then refitted as a hulk Probation Station for housing female prisoners after they first arrived in Van Diemen's Land. It was situated in the River Derwent, Prince of Wales Bay, Risdon near Hobart. There is much written about it's time as a Probation Station. The 'Anson' ship was broken up in 1850.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 452 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online WILLIAM GUILDAY. MICHAEL GUILDAY. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 2nd January 1843 Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM GUILDAY, MICHAEL GUILDAY Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 2nd January 1843 Reference Number t18430102-577 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 577. WILLIAM GUILDAY and MICHAEL GUILDAY were again indicted for stealing, on the 12th of Dec., 1 coat, value 2l. 12s., the goods of Henry Bolt. HENRY BOLT . I am a soap-manufacturer, and live in China-terrace, Lambeth. I had a coat, made by Mr. Wilding—it came home on the 9th of Dec.—I wore it on the 11th, and put it in the passage of my house—I did not miss it till the 18th—the coat produced is it. GEORGE WILDING . I am a tailor, and live in Carlisle-street. I made this coat for the prosecutor—it is worth 2l. 12s.—I took it home on the 9th of Dec. FREDERICK WARD . I am in the service of Mr. Powell, a pawnbroker, in Suffolk-street, Southwark. This coat was pawned at master's on the 11th of Dec.—the two prisoners were both there at the time it was pledged—it was pawned in the name of John Williams—I cannot swear which of them gave me the name—they were both in the shop at the time they presented it—they came in together—one spoke, I believe—I cannot say which produced the coat, nor which took the money up. Cross-examined by MR. HORRY. Q. Did you ever see them before? A. Yes—they had been pawned and redeemed before at our house, in the name of John Williams—I cannot say whether William Guilday ever pledged in the name of John Williams—my attention was called to them a day or two after the 12th—I have seen them come together to pledge before. JURY. Q. Did they come into the box? A. Yes, both into the same box. MR. PAYNE. Q. Was there more than one transaction between the two? A. No. Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK. Q. You were very busy this day? A. Yes—I cannot recollect which gave the name, nor which produced the coat—there are other boxes—500 people come to our shop in a day. JAMES BROOK (police-constable L 118.) I searched the garden of the house, No. 9, York-street, and found some duplicates there buried in a handkerchief—one of them was for the coat pawned at Mr. Powell's on the 11th of Dec., for 24s., and it corresponds with the duplicate the panwbroker has produced. WILLIAM GUILDAY— GUILTY . Aged 26. MICHAEL GUILDAY— GUILTY . Aged 28. Transported