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Transportation
John Harrison was transported on the Ganges, departing 31st Jul 1796 and arriving 2nd Jun 1797 with 212 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 211 (106) |
| 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 JAMES JONES. JOHN HARRISON. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 31st October 1792. Text type Trial account Defendants JAMES JONES, JOHN HARRISON Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 31st October 1792 Reference Number t17921031-57 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 503. JAMES JONES and JOHN HARRISON were indicted for stealing, on the 18th of October , two pair of silver shoe buckles, value 40 s. the property of Robert Rutherford . - CAVE sworn. I am shopman to the prosecutor; I was standing in the middle of the shop; between two and three in the afternoon I heard the shop glass break; the prisoners were together; they ran away; these buckles were missing; I pursued them, and saw one deliver to the other something, and when they came to the end of the street, one went one way and the other the other; I pursued Jones, and he threw a pair of buckles over the church-yard wall. (The buckles produced and deposed to.) Cave. I am clear the prisoners are the persons that broke the glass and took out the buckles. Prisoner James Jones. I only came out of the country on Sunday morning. Prisoner Harrison. My Lord, I leave what I have to say to my counsel. The prisoner Harrison called one witness to his character. BOTH GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.
Crime date October 18, 1792, trial date October 31, 1792 at the Old Bailey. Aged 39 years. Charged with stealing two pairs of silver shoe buckles value 40s, property of Robert Rutherford. Transportation 7 years. NOTE See also James Jones