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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Charles Hopkins was transported on the John, departing 3rd Aug 1833 and arriving 1st Dec 1833 with 261 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
John (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 195 (99) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/129/33 1833 May Prisoner name: Charles Hopkins. Prisoner age: 13. Prisoner occupation: Employed in parents' potato and coal business. Court and date of trial: Westminster Sessions [Middlesex] May 1833. Crime: Stealing money - 18d from William Hayman of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Annotated (Outcome): Convicted before; nil; [abroad]. Petitioner(s): Thomas Hopkins and Mary Hopkins, parents and 22 people. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Parents reduced to poverty through sickness and loss of business; large family; hunger; prisoner associated with bad lot of boys and led astray. Other papers: John Joseph supporting petition and offering to employ the prisoner in his business as a hatter. Additional information: Previously convicted of stealing a piece of meat and sentenced to three month's imprisonment.