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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Hancock was transported on the Princess Royal, departing 28th Sep 1822 and arriving 9th Mar 1823 with 156 passengers.
Princess Royal (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 214 |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for James Handcock 1833 Listed as age 28 born 1805
Per State Records NSW: Death of James "Handcock" age 37, District/Parish: Norfolk Island General Hospital.
8/7/1823 - On list of prisoners assigned who are not mechanics. Assigned to Andrew Dickson, Newcastle. (Col. Sec. Records) 1/1/1824 - Absconded, James Hancock, Princess Royal, 18, Stropshire, 5'6 3/4", dark hazel eyes, dark hair, dark freckled complexion, from Mr. Bunker's clearing party. 19/5/1829 - Absconded, James "Handcock" from Mr. Thomas John. (Syd.Gaz) 20/2/1834 - Supreme Criminal Court. James Hancock was indicted for highway robbery on the person of Daniel Duggan at Cox's River on 30th Dec. last. The prisoner was attached to the iron gang at Bathurst Stockade, after taking a soldier's musket and bayonet and effecting an escape. Verdict - Not Guilty. 24/2/1834 - James Hancock guilty of feloniously stealing several articles of wearing apparel etc., from David Ramsay at Bathurst. The man who escaped from the constables yesterday is James Hancock, a most determined villain, the terror of the police. The mounted police had to follow this man upwards of 400 miles, prior to his capture. (Syd. Gaz.) 22/7/1834 - The unhappy man James Hancock who escaped from custody some months ago, after being capitally convicted, but who was retaken and received sentence of death on the 3rd ultimo still remains in the condemned cells of the Sydney Goal. His fate not having yet been determined by the executive government, the wretched culprit has lingered for 5 weeks in the dreary abode.(Gaz.) 31/7/1834 - James Hancock who was convicted with several others for highway robbery and bushranging, and has been for some time under sentence of death, has been respited and forwarded on board the Hulk, prepartory to his transmission to Norfolk Island, during his natural life. (Gaz.) 1843 - Died (per Jenny Fawcett)