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Benjamin Hugman was transported on the Asia 1, departing 13th Aug 1827 and arriving 7th Dec 1827 with 200 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 249 (126) |
| 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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National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/45/38 . Date: 1827 Apr. 1 collective petition (58 people including the prisoner, his parents John Hugman and Mary Ann Hugman, and others of Halesworth, Suffolk) on behalf of Benjamin Hughman [Benjamin Hugman], porter [labourer], aged 21, convicted at the Old Bailey April Session 1827 of stealing 16 pairs of gloves from his employer, David Simpson, haberdasher, of Bishopsgate Street [London]. Grounds for clemency: previous good character, recently married, wife will be left destitute. Gaoler's report 'conduct here good'. Initial sentence 14 years transportation. Annotated Nil. GM 38. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 02 June 2023), April 1827, trial of BENJAMIN HUGMAN (t18270405-68). BENJAMIN HUGMAN, Theft > stealing from master, 5th April 1827. 821. BENJAMIN HUGMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of March , 16 pairs of gloves, value 16s., the goods of David Simpson , his master . PETER PLUMBLEY . I am shopman to David Simpson - he is a glover and haberdasher ; the prisoner was about two months in his service. On the 29th of March, about eleven o'clock in the morning, a young man informed me that a paper of gloves was removed from a recess - I searched, and found them secreted on a form which was suspended from the ceiling of the cellar - there were sixteen pairs in the paper; I marked three or four pairs, and also the paper, and at five o'clock in the afternoon I found they were moved. I found the prisoner in custody at half-past five, with them. Cross-examined by MR. ADOLPHUS. Q. How long have you lived with Mr. Simpson? A. Five months - he has no partner. The gloves were not laid in the recess to see if any body would take them. THOMAS HERDSFIELD . I am a constable. I had been watching this house for two days, by direction of Mr. Simpson. I saw the prisoner come out between five and six o'clock - I pushed him up a passage, and took out of his breeches this parcel of gloves; he said he had picked them up behind the counter.(Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 21. Transported for Seven Years .