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John Hall was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
Thomas Arbuthnot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 140 |
| 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
Occupation: Post boy
Correction: Old Bailey Online: 929. THOMAS WATSON and JOHN HALL were indicted for stealing 39lbs. weight of lead, value 7s., the goods of John Wilson, and fixed to a building; and that Hall had been before convicted of felony. BENJAMIN REEVE . I am a carpenter, and live in Northampton-row, Clerkenwell. I was repairing a house belonging to Mr. John Wilson in Vine-yard-walk—I saw the lead safe on that house about ten o'clock in the day on the 16th of Feb.—I went again between eight and nine the same evening, and part of it was removed—I have compared the lead brought by the policeman with that on the house—I am quite sure it is the same. EMMA HAMEL SWAN . I live near this house of Mr. Wilson's. On the night of the 16th of Feb. I saw Watson run through my passage from the garden—Mr. Wilson's house is at the end of my garden, and Watson came as if from there. WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON (police-constable G 245.) I saw Watson on the roof of the prosecutor's house about six o'clock that evening—he ran from me, jumped on a building, scaled the wall, and got into Mrs. Swan's house—I found this piece of lead rolled up in the prosecutor's gutter. RICHARD WALKER (police-constable G 33.) I heard a cry of "Stop thief"—I saw Watson, and stopped him—I found this crow-bar in the garden of the house which the lend was stolen from. SAMUEL DOYLE . I went to Mr. Wilson's house about nine o'clock that night—I found Hall in the gutter of a house three doors from that house—I found this piece of lead in the cupboard in Mr. Wilson's house. Watson's Defence. I was taken ill, and went to a water-closet; the door of the house was fastened, and I got over the roof to get away. Hall's Defence. I met Watson in Exmouth-street; he said he was taken bad in his inside, and went to a water-closet; the door slammed to, and he got over the wall. MATTHEW PEAK . I produce a certificate of Hall's conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—(read)—he is the person. WATSON— GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Six Months. HALL— GUILTY . Aged 17.— Transported for Seven Years.
Convicted of stealing a piece of oak timber