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George Heard was transported on the Caledonia, departing 5th Jul 1820 and arriving 17th Nov 1820 with 150 passengers.
Ship Name: Caledonia (1) Rig Type: S. Built: Sunderland Build Year: 1815 Size (tons): 412 Voyage Details Source. Claim a Convict website. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=186
Caledonia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 334 |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 March 2020), February 1820, trial of GEORGE HEARD (t18200217-9). GEORGE HEARD, Theft > grand larceny, 17th February 1820. 358. GEORGE HEARD was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of February , one great coat, value 5 l., the goods of George Anthony Goad ; one great coat, value 1 l., and one handkerchief, value 1 s. , the goods of Thomas Dancer . THOMAS DANCER . I am master of the Southgate coach , which starts from the Four Swans' yard, Bishopsgate-street . On the 5th of February I missed Mr. Goad's coat off the boot, and saw the prisoner behind another coach with it it in his hand. I made him pick it up and take it into the house, and found he had another coat on his back, which belonged to me. JOSEPH GREGORY . I took the prisoner in charge, and found two silk handkerchiefs on him; also a silk handkerchief in Dancer's coat. As we went to the watch-house another handkerchief fell from his trowsers, and I saw another coming out of the bottom of his trowsers; I found a third in his trowsers - the prosecutor said he also lost a blue coat. I went to the watch-house, and the prisoner came up without a coat, but he had it on when I took him. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. Two of the handkerchiefs are mine; the other three were thrown away by two lads. GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Seven Years . London Jury, before Mr. Recorder. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18200217-9