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Transportation
Joseph Hammond was transported on the John Barry, departing 2nd Apr 1834 and arriving 11th Aug 1834 with 319 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 324 |
| 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
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT—CROWN COURT, TAUNTON, APRIL 4. (Before Mr. Justice Park.) Mark Green, James Burge, and Joseph Hammond were indicted for having broken into the dwelling-house of James Rich, and stolen therein thirty-five sovereigns and other  moneys. James Rich—l am a farmer, living in Stoke-lane, and am acquainted with the prisoners. I had a servant called Richard Stevens. On Sunday the 14th of October I had a box is my bed-room, containing 35 sovereigns, a 20/. promissory -note of the Glastonbury Bank, 4/. in crowns and half-crowns, and 2s. in copper, which I saw about half an hour before I went to chapel with my wife, leaving Stevens in the house. On our return home I found the box had been forced open, and the money taken away. George Fussell—l recollect the 14th of October. I know Stevens, and saw him at his master's house that afternoon. I was at Burge's house with Green on the 7th of October. Green went up stairs and brought down a bar of iron, which I should know again. He said it was for the purpose of breaking open doors and locks Burge had a small dark lantern, which he brought down stairs. He said he could make it light or dark, for the purpose of carrying into houses. We all three went to Oak-hill, and took the bar with us. We went to several other places, and then to farmer Rich's house. They got upon  the ledge of the window, and said if they had an opportunity they could get in, and they would come again on the following Sunday. On Sunday, the 14th, Mark Green came to my father's, between 2 and 3 o'clock, and said he and some others were going to try to get into farmer Rich's house. He asked me to get Stevens .out while they robbed the house. I went and saw Stevens between 4 and 5 o'clock. He was milking the cows, and then drove  them about 150 yards up the road into a field. I then left him.  I saw him at 6 o'clock at his master's. We then went to Richard Rich's beershop, and remained there three quarters of an hour. Several other witnesses stated facts which implicated Burge and Hammond. The LEARNED JUDGE summed up, and the Jury acquitted Mark Green, and found James Burge and Joseph Hammond guilty of stealing in a dwelling house to the amount of 5£. Sentenced to be transported for life. Sun, 8 April 1833.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/129/14 1833 Apr 24 Prisoner name: Joseph Hammond. Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker. Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes held at Taunton, March 1833. Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house - receiving money knowing it to have been stolen from James Rich. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Gaoler's report: Character etc as far as known believed to be good. Annotated (Outcome): Nil; ordered to Cumberland. Petitioner(s): Two petitions from 62 inhabitants of Shepton Mallet and Stoke St Michael, Somerset, and a character reference from his master. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner was honest industrious and upright; led astray by another (Mark Green); decent family; did time in prison before trial; shows great contrition. Other papers: Mr C Mahon transferring the petition annotated by Mr Justice Park.
1834 - Australian Convict Transportation Registers Noted against name. DIED; in V. D. L. 30 March 1836
Die in the Hobart Hospital.