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Crime
Transportation
Henry Hands was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 245 (124). --00--Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. |
| 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
NEWSPAPER reporting of his trial: 30 July, 1852: From the Morning Herald (London), p7: "SURREY SESSIONS, July 29. (Before THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates.) GETTING RID OF AN OLD THIEF. Henry Hands, 33, was indicted for stealing a quantity of lead at Bermondsey, the property of John Aird. The prisoner pleaded Guilty, but it turned out, from the evidence of the police, that he was one of the worst thieves in the metropolis. In this case he entered one of Alderman Humphery's wharves, in Tooley-street, where some repairs were going on, at the time the men were gone to dinner. Two lads were left in charge of the property, and a quantity of molten lead. The prisoner endeavoured to induce one of the lads to sell him a pint of the lead, but he refused to dispose of his master's property. While the lad turned round to look at some other property the prisoner managed to purloin three ladles full of the molten lead and secrete it under some poles. He afterwards contrived to carry it away; but information being given to the foreman, the prisoner was apprehended the same evening. Evidence was given that the prisoner had been convicted no less than 25 times, and that he was well known as a tutor to young thieves. He had been twice convicted in this court for 12 months, and the remainder were summary convictions. The Chairman said it was quite time such a bad character was sent out of the country; therefore the sentence of the Court was that he be transported beyond the seas for 10 years." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --0--
TRIAL: 28 July, 1852: Convicted and sentenced to 10 years' transportation at the Adjourned Quarter Sessions at Newington, Surrey, for larceny with a previous conviction for felony (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Surrey; 1852). --0--