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Abraham Isaacs was transported on the Guildford, departing 4th Apr 1822 and arriving 15th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 161 (81) |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. ISAACS, Abraham. Per "Guildford", 1822 1822 Jul 24 On list of convicts landed from the "Guildford" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.75[ii])
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. Ref: HO 17/72/44 Prisoner name: Abraham Isaacs alias James Butcher. Prisoner age: 30. Prisoner occupation: Formerly served in Navy. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions, 1821. Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's report: Bad character. Annotated (Outcome): The sentence to be executed. Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by Isaac Bender of Catherine Street, Commercial Road, glass cutter, the prisoner's master, and 12 inhabitants of Whitechapel and Stepney. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Family dependent on his wages; good character. Additional Information: Prisoner held on board Retribution hulk, Sheerness. Date: 1822 Feb 21.
Possible Death record. New South Wales, Australia. Convict Death Register. Volume No; 4/4549. Date of Death; 6 July 1847 - Ticket of Leave at New England, NSW Age; No age noted on Register.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 February 2021), April 1821, trial of ABRAHAM ISAACS (t18210411-21). ABRAHAM ISAACS, Theft > housebreaking, 11th April 1821. 508. ABRAHAM ISAACS was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Adrianus Bommenaer , at St. Dunstan, Stepney , about nine o'clock in the forenoon of the 7th of March , (he and others being therein) and stealing therein, nineteen yards of muslin, value 40 s.; 100 yards of nett, value 4 l. 10 s., and eighteen yards of ribbon, value 18 s., his property . ADRIANUS BOMMENAER. I am a haberdasher , and live in Mile-end-road , in the parish of Stepney. I have no partner - I was up stairs in the house at the time of the robbery. ELIZA WILTSHIER . I am servant to the prosecutor. On Wednesday, the 7th of March, I saw my mistress put the things into the window, the glass was whole and safe; at half-past eight o'clock in the morning. After the window was set out, I was going in to breakfast about nine o'clock, my mistress had gone to breakfast - my master was up stairs in his dressing-room. I was coming out of the kitchen, and looked in the shop as I passed through it, and saw the prisoner with another man at the window, I went down the shop nearer to the window and saw the prisoner in the act of pulling the muslin out of the window, and tucking it under his coat - he dragged it through a broken pane of glass. I ran to the door and cried Stop thief! they separated and ran off - I followed the prisoner. A man at a building stopped him, and took him to the Black Boy, public-house - he had got about a hundred yards, he was searched there; when he was first taken I saw him drop a piece of handkerchiefs in the dirt, I did not pick them up. When I got to the house I saw another piece of handkerchiefs and a piece of muslin taken from under his coat by Taylor. WILLIAM TAYLOR . I was at the Black Boy, I saw the prisoner drop a piece of muslin as they were was bringing him to the public-house, I picked it up, took it to the public-house, and when he was brought in I took two more pieces of muslin from under his coat, I kept all three till the officer came, and then delivered them to Wiltshier in the officer's presence. Cross-examined by MR. BRODERICK. - Q. Are you sure he dropped the muslin. - A. Yes, I did not lose sight of him afterwards. JAMES STONE . I am an officer. I produce three pieces of muslin which I received from Wiltshier. ELIZA WILTSHIER re-examined. I know them by the private mark - I missed other things from the window, some Mecklin net and ribbon; my mistress told me the lace was missing - she is not here. Cross-examined. - Q. Did the person turn the corner, so that you might lose sight of him. - A. No, I am positive he is the man. MR. BOMMENAER. The three pieces of muslin cost me above 30 s. Prisoner's Defence. When I was taken into the public-house, that man was there - the muslin was dropped in the street, how could he see me drop it; I was running after the thief, and got the muslin from him, they took me because I had the property. A carman came by who knew the man that took it. GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 30. Recommended to Mercy by the prosecutor. Second Middlesex Jury, before Ld. Chief Justice Abbott. -------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/2/231821 Apr 19 Prisoner name: Abraham Isaacs alias James Butcher. Prisoner age: Under 30. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions 12 April 1821. Crime: Felony - breaking and entering shop of Mr Bommenaer, Haberdasher of Mile End [Middlesex] on 7 March 1821. Initial sentence: Death. Annotated: Considered at Report in Council 30 June 1821. Petitioner(s): The prisoner and 20 people of Mile End area, including the prosecutor. Grounds for clemency: Served on HM ship Proserpine under an alias; got into bad company; spent six years in prison in France; has a wife and young family. Other papers: There is a character reference from B Binder with whom prisoner served his apprenticeship. Additional Information: In condemned cell in Newgate.