Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Joseph Harrison 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 237 (120) |
| 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
22 July, 1859: From the Perth Gazette, p3: "POLICE COURT DESECRATING THE SABBATH, &C. Joseph Harrison, J. Ryan, C. Mack, and J. Nailer, all t.l.'s were charged with being out after hours on the 2nd inst., in the house of Mrs Bonner, and also with disturbing the neighbourhood in which they were, by singing songs, &c, on the Sunday morning. The Bench, after severely reprimanding the prisoners on the impropriety of their conduct in profaning the Sabbath, and for their frequenting a house of such bad repute as Bonner's, fined them in the sum of 5s each." (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2931690) --00--
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: HARRISON, Joseph; inmate #4772, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1832 Date of Death: 2 Dec 1865 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Crime: Assault & robbery Sentence Period: 10 years Ticket of Leave Date: 8 Jul 1858 Comments: Self-employed, 1859 & 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
September, 1857: Sent from Chatham to board the Nile for transportation to WA, listed as #1/850; behaviour on voyage "good" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). --00--
23 March, 1857: Readmitted to Chatham prison from Bow Street following the revocation of his Ticket of Leave. --0--
9 March, 1857: Licence revoked, "caption returned 31 March 1857. Revocation order only." No grounds listed (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10373436). --0--
31 October, 1856: Joseph Harrison was granted a Ticket of Leave #6632, as per details below. Reference: PCOM 3/62/6632 Licence number 6632: Joseph Harrison. Caption order and prison record from when he was convicted of assault with intent to rob at the Assizes at Lancaster, Lancashire on 11 August 1852. Then aged [not given] years and by trade a [not given]. Sentence: 10 years transportation. Licence granted 31 October 1856, for early release from Chatham prison. --0--
1855/56: Admitted to CHATHAM prison in Kent -- inmate #850; labourer, single, reads and writes; behaviour "good" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --0--
JAIL: 1852: LIVERPOOL gaol -- listed as a "rogue and vagabond, drunk, suspected person", previously jailed at Kirkdale and Liverpool (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Joseph Harrison; Liverpool Gaol; Calendar of Trials; 1859-1861). --0--
NEWSPAPER report of his trial: 21 August, 1852: From the Liverpool Mail, p6: "GARROTTE ROBBERY, WITH VIOLENCE. Joseph Harrison was indicted for having assaulted and violently robbed Thomas Raise, sidewaiter, of Liverpool, on the 8th of May last. The prisoner was found guilty, and his lordship, after observing that such was the prevalence of offences of this kind, that he (a judge of assise) feared, after the heavy business of the day, to take airing in the open streets of Liverpool, lest he should be abused by a set of villains, sentenced the prisoner to seven years’ transportation." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/)
TRIAL: 11 August, 1852: Convicted at the Liverpool Assizes and sentenced to 10 years' transportation for "assault with intent to rob being armed with an offensive weapon" (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Joseph Harrison; England; Lancashire; 1852). --0--