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Crime
Transportation
Lancelot Horn was transported on the York, departing 7th Oct 1862 and arriving 31st Dec 1862 with 301 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 471 (237) --0-- UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Newcastle upon Tyne Gaol; Calendar of Trials; Undated |
| 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
NOTE: Year of Birth is taken from official records but day and month are not known. The latter dates have been entered as 01/01 because the site does not allow those fields to be left empty.
NEWSPAPER REPORT OF HIS DEATH: "HOSPITAL REPORTS -- PERTH PUBLIC HOSPITAL. Report for week ended September 26: Admitted, 73; discharged, 79; died & remaining, 221; out-patients, new cases 116; reattendances 488. Deaths: Ann Walters, 84 years; Lancelot Horne, 87; Solomon Loriman, 66; John Ting, 83; Maria Bryant, 62." (Sunday Times, 29 September, 1918, p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57996300). --000--
DEATH: 1918, 21 September: Lancelot Horn, male, died at Perth; death registered at Perth 1918; reg. no. 100909 (WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages at https://www.wa.gov.au/). --000--
OTHER: Lancelot Horn #6617 Birth: 1836 Death: 21 September, 1918, at Perth, WA; died public hospital aged 87 [sic; aged 82] Burial: Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, WA, Anglican, plot 122 Convicted: Burglary; sentenced to 10 years on 20 July, 1861, at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. He had been convicted previously. Literacy: Semi-literate Family Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Transported: To WA per York arriving at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 31 December 1862. He had been collected from Chatham prison. Convict No.: 6617 Ticket of Leave: 1 May, 1865 Conditional Pardon: 30 November, 1869 (https://waconvicts.fhwa.org.au/g0/p265.htm#i6617). --0--
Fremantle Jail record: HORN, Lancelot; inmate #6617, arrived 31 Dec 1862 per York Alias: Launcelot Date of Birth: 1836 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Date: 1861 Sentence Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, England Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 1 May 1865 Conditional Pardon Date: 30 Nov 1869 Comments: Carpenter, self-employed, labourer, general servant (https://fremantleprison.com.au). --0--
IN WA: 1863: On arrival, Lancelot Horn was listed as convict #6617, labourer, single, no children; 5'6¼", brown hair, hazel eyes, long visage, sallow complexion, slight build; marks -- scar on forehead (https://www.perthdps.com/convicts/conwad31.htm). --0--
EMBARKATION: 1862, 1 October: “The convict ship York, having embarked prisoners at Portsmouth, sailed yesterday morning for Portland, Plymouth and Australia.” (London Evening Standard, p6 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18621001/031/0006). The York sailed from Portland for the Swan River Colony on 8 October, 1862 (https://www.perthdps.com/convicts/con-wa31.html). --00--
JAILS: 1861, 31 May: Lancelot Horn, 24, semi-literate striker, John McLean, 28, semi-literate labourer, and Peter Flannigan 22, illiterate striker, were admitted to Newcastle upon Tyne Gaol. Among his many previous convictions, Peter Flannigan had been sentenced in 1854, at Newcastle Sessions, to 6 years’ penal servitude for larceny; while McLean had served 18 months for robbery with violence in 1858 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Newcastle upon Tyne Gaol; Calendar of Trials; Undated; image 16). --0-- 1862, June: Peter Flanaghan, inmate #4775, 22, and Lancelot Horn, inmate 4776, 24, were held at Chatham Prison. The behaviour of both men for the June quarter was listed as “good” and both were deemed “healthy” (England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876; Quarterly Returns of Prisoners in Convict Prisons; 1862; June; image 90) --0--
“REPORT OF THE WATCH COMMITTEE. The Mayor presented this report, which recommended that the sum of £1 be paid to P. C. Skeene as a reward for his conduct in apprehending Lancelot Horn, John McLean, and Peter Flanagan for burglary.” (North & South Shields Gazette, 29 August, 1861, p4 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000288/18610829/049/0004) --00--
TRIAL – Newcastle Summer Assizes, Guildhall, Tuesday 30 July, 1861: “BURGLARY IN SPICER LANE. Lancelot Horn (24), striker, John McLean (28), labourer, and Peter Flannigan (22), striker, were indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of James Bishop and stealing therefrom the sum of 10s, a silver watch and other articles, on the 7th of May last... Mr Blackwell addressed the jury for the defence of his clients [McLean and Flannigan], and commented upon several discrepancies in the evidence which had been adduced for the purpose of connecting these men with the robbery. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. Previous convictions for felony were proved against them as follows: -- Horn, 6 times, McLean 4 times and Flannigan 24 times. His Lordship commented in severe terms on the enormity of the offence committed by the prisoners, and taking into account their previous character, sentenced them to 10 years’ penal servitude each.” (Shields Daily Gazette, 1 August 1861, p6 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000285/18610801/023/0006) For the official trial record, see “England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Northumberland; 1861; image 13”. --0--