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Christopher Ingledew was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 156 |
| 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
ROBBERY OF A CATTLE DEALER. SARAH WILSON was charged with having, on the 19th October, at Yarm, in the North Riding, robbed Richard Harland of 37 notes of £5 each, and THOMAS ADDY, GEORGE REYNOLDS, and CHRISTOPHER INGLEDEW were charged with aiding her escape, and receiving the notes when stolen. The proscutor was at Yarm with a number of cattle, of which he sold 29, receiving in payment chiefly Scotch £5 notes. In the evening, he was going to the stable of the public-house for his pony, when he met with the woman, who put her arms about him, tore his waistcoat, and took his pocket-book, containing the notes. She was then joined by two men, with whom she went away. It was proved that the woman came to Yarm with Ingledew and Addy, and was with them also after the robbery. After the robbery, Reynolds was at Stockton, where he took out a roll of notes, and offered one of them a Scotch note in payment. It was refused, and the prisoner did not take the goods. But he paid such a note at another place, and it was produced, it appeared to be one out of a series of numbers, from which the notes paid to the prosecutor had to ... Sheffield Independent, 7 Dec 1844. GEORGE REYNOLDS (21), and CHRISTOPHER INGLEDEW (29), were charged with harbouring, relieving, comforting, and assisting the said Sarah Wilson to escape after she had committed the said felony ; and the said Christopher Ingledew and George Reynolds were also charged with feloniously receiving from the said Sarah Wilson, the said thirty-seven £5 notes Leeds Intelligencer, 7 Dec 1844. Yorkshire Assizes. FRIDAY, Dec. 13. SENTENCES. SARAH WILSON, CHRISTOPHER INGLEDEW, GEORGE REYNOLDS and THOS. ADDY, convicted of robbery at Yarm, were each sentenced to be transported for seven years. York Herald, 14 Dec 1844. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Exiles Index. Christopher Ingledew, age 30, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Date of trial, 28/11/1844, at Castle of York, sentence, 7 years, Charge, Accessory to a larceny after the fact. Remarks: Exiles. -------------------------------------------------- The Exiles,— The seven men who are in custody on suspicion of having stolen various articles of property and disposed of them to a dealer, in miscellaneous articles, were yesterday further remanded till to-day. It it not likely the case will be entered into for nearly a week, some of the witnesses having proceeded to Geelong. The names of the men who are in durance vile, are Henry Devlin, George Clarke. John Phillips, Thomas Clarke, William Todd, Christopher Ingledew, and Richard Hart. Port Phillip Gazette, 30 Jun 1847. THE CORNET'S PETS - On Wednesday the seven worthies from Pentonville, for whose importation the province stands indebted to Mr Cornet Cuninghame of the Ayrshire yeomanry cavalry, were again placed at the bar of the police-office, before Alderman Condell and Mr Hull, and some further evidence having been taken five of their number, viz -Thomas Clark, George Clark, Richard Hart, Henry Devlin, and John Phillips were committed for trial The Melbourne Argus, Vic. 9 July 1847.