Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Edmund Holt 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 238. --00-- Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32) |
| 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
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: HOLT, Edward; inmate #4740, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: Edmund Date of Birth: 1824 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Baker Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: 8 years Certificate of Freedom Date: 8 Sep 1864 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
JAILS: September, 1856: Wakefield -- Separate confinement for 10 months; behaviour "very bad". 16 July, 1857: Chatham in Kent -- Inmate #1179; behaviour "very bad" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --00--
INDICTMENT & TRIAL: 9 August, 1856: Liverpool Assizes -- convicted on three indictments for burglary and sentenced to 8 years' penal servitude (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Lancashire; 1856). Newspaper reports said Edmund Holt, a ticket-of-leave man, had been charged with committing several burglaries in the neighbourhood of Rochdale in the previous three months. One reported that he had pleaded guilty to committing burglary in the house of Susannah Sykes at Castleton in May (Liverpool Daily Post, Thursday 14 August 1856, p3). --00--
PREVIOUS CONVICTION: 11 April, 1850 -- stealing in company with four others a silver watch and watch key, valued at £1/1/- from Jonas Turner at Halifax. All were found guilty at the Wakefield Quarter Sessions. Edmund Holt was sentenced to 7 years' transportation. He was granted a ticket of leave, date not known (Yorkshire, England, Quarter Session Records, 1637-1914; Wakefield; Indictment; 1849 - 1850). --00--