Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Hooper was transported on the Stakesby, departing 20th May 1833 and arriving 4th Sep 1833 with 216 passengers.
Stakesby (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 114 |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 11 April 1833. 825. JAMES SMITH and JOSEPH HOOPER were indicted for stealing, on the 8th of April, 1 table-cloth, value 1s.; 2 aprons, value 1s.; 2 pinafores, value 1s.; 1 frock, value 2s.; 1 night-gown, value 6d.; 2 tippets, value 6d.; 2 handkerchiefs, value 6d.; 1 night-cap, value 3d.; 1 petticoat, value 3d., and 1 pair of socks, value 2d., the goods of George Jenner. ELIZABETH JENNER. I am the wife of George Jenner. On the morning of the 8th of April I left our house, at Hayes , with no one in it, about half-past ten o'clock - I returned in five minutes, and missed the articles stated. WILLIAM FAIR . I am a patrol belonging to Bow-street, and am stationed at Hayes. On the morning of the 8th of April, I overtook the two prisoners on the London-road, two miles from the prosecutor's, at half-past eleven o'clock; I found some of these articles on each of them.(Property produced and sworn to). SMITH - GUILTY . Aged 19. HOOPER - GUILTY . Aged 16. Transported for Seven Years . ---------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/129/321833 Prisoner name: Joseph Hooper Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions 1833. Crime: Stealing a tablecloth etc from Elizabeth Genner. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Gaoler's report: In prison before. Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to the York; nil. Petitioner(s): Matilda Hooper, mother and 10 people of the Shoreditch area. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Aged mother has 15 children and husband nearly blind; prisoner has no previous charge or conviction against him.