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William Harrison was transported on the Waterloo, departing 11th Mar 1833 and arriving 3rd Aug 1833 with 216 passengers.
1829 - Waterloo's first voyage arrived at Sydney Cove 9 July 1829. 180 Male Convicts. 2 Died on voyage. 7 sent to the hospital on landing. Total mustered; 171. Stephen Addison - Commander Michael Goodsire - Surgeon Superintendent [His wife was a passenger] 1842 - The Waterloo voyage of 1842 was wrecked on 28/8/1842. 189 people drowned, these being 143 convicts, 15 men of the 99th Regiment, together with 17 wives and children, the boatswain Mr. Chiverton, the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew. Convicts were then received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842. They then completed their voyage to VDL per “Cape Packet” which arrived on 23/11/1842.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 27 (15) |
| 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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Tried at the Old Bailey, 5 Jan 1832. 413. WILLIAM HARRISON , MARTIN FITZGERALD, and EDWARD JEROME were indicted for stealing, on the 12th of December , 3 pairs of clogs, value 2s. 6d. , the goods of Thomas Hough . THOMAS HOUGH . I live in Regent-street ; I keep an oil-shop, and sell clogs . On the 12th of December, about five minutes to eight o'clock in the evening, I missed these clogs; and in a few minutes the Police-officer came by with the prisoner, and these clogs, which are mine, and had been in my window. JAMES BACON . I am a Policeman. I was on duty, and saw four boys together; I know Harrison was one - another officer was following them; they were not running then, but I saw Harrison throw one pair of clogs down -I followed them, and then took up another pair of clogs close by where the one pair had been thrown down. ROBERT GOOSE . I am a Policeman. I was on duty at eight o'clock in the evening, and saw the three prisoners and another; I knew them - they turned, and saw me coming; Harrison turned down a street, and threw down a pair of clogs - the other two went on, and threw down a pair each; I took up one pair, and Brown took up two pairs - I knew the prisoners before; they are always together - this was on Tuesday; Harrison was taken that night - I took Fitzgerald on the Thursday, and Jerome on the Friday.(Property produced and sworn to.) Harrison's Defence. Five minutes before eight o'clock I went home from selling some potatoes; my mother sent me out to pay a bill - I saw some boys; they threw something away - they ran off, and I ran too. Fitzgerald put in a written Defence, stating that he was merely passing, and had no clogs in his possession. Jerome's Defence. I was not out of the room till twenty minutes past seven o'clock; I then went on an errand, and returned in five minutes. HARRISON - GUILTY . Aged 15. FITZGERALD - GUILTY . Aged 14. JEROME - GUILTY . Aged 14. Transported for Seven Years . ------------------------------------------------------------- 414. WILLIAM HARRISON was again indicted for stealing, on the 13th of December , 2 half-crowns, 5 shillings, 4 sixpences, and 14d. in copper , the monies of John Jennings . JOHN JENNINGS. I work for Mr. Stamp, a baker . I had two half-crowns, five shillings, four sixpences, and 14d. in copper, in a box in the front kitchen, at his house in Frederick-street, Westminster - the prisoner was in the habit of baking potatoes to sell in the streets ; on the 13th of December, he came and took the potatoes down stairs - I was at the oven at the time, with my master's brother; my master called me to go about my business - I went and opened my box, took up a handkerchief, and this money fell out; I saw the prisoner coming towards the box - I asked what he wanted, and he went away; he afterwards came for the potatoes - he went down to look at them, and said they were not done; my master told him to come in a quarter of an hour - he came and had them; the Policeman afterwards took him - I had then missed my money and a handkerchief; the Policeman found all the silver, but not the halfpence on him. WILLIAM STAMP . I am Jennings' master - what he has stated is quite correct. JAMES BACON . I took the prisoner at the time he threw the clogs down; I found on him two half-crowns, five shillings, and four sixpences - on the following morning I gave him one of the sixpences; he said it was money which he had saved up for Christmas. JOHN JENNINGS. One of the half-crowns has a mark on it, which I can swear to. Prisoner's Defence. The money belonged to my mother, and she sent me to pay twelve shillings. GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years, to commence from the expiration of the former Sentence . --------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. HO-9-2_4. Page 21/48. Euryalus Hulk, at Chatham. Eight Received from Newgate, 31 Jan 1832. William Harrison, age 15, Stg a pair clogs, Tried Middlesex, 5 Jan 1832, 7 years. NSW per Waterloo, 5 March 1833. (The Euryalus hulk record does not include his second sentence of 7 years, for the second indictment)
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