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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Jackson was transported on the Florentia, departing 14th Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Jan 1828 with 173 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 263 (133) |
| 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
Cert. Freedom, 21 July 1834, No 34/0931.
Charles Jackson was indicted for having stolen a linen sheet from the chaisehouse of Mr. Banister on the 11th of March. It was proved in evidence that the prisoner was seen on the premises on the day of the robbery ; and when accused of it and told to fetch the sheet, he accompanied a person named Miles Chilton to the house of James Manley ; Chilton asked for the sheet which Jackson had left there. Manley gave him the sheet ; it was marked S. I. V., and was the property of Mr. Banister. Manley said he recollected the prisoner coming to him with a handful of rags, which be purchased of him for 6d.; he was in the habit of buying such things. Mr. Banister said that he had inquired into the conduct of the prisoner, and he had learnt that previous to this affair he had borne a very good character. Mr. Batchelor also spoke to his honesty and good behaviour in the work-house. Mr. Swabey severely reprobated the conduct of Manley, in purchasing articles without examining them. A verdict of Guilty was returned; and in consideration of the excellent character sustained by the prisoner before the case, he was sentenced to one week’s imprisonment in the borough Gaol. Windsor and Eton Express, 28 April 1827. On the same day, Charles Jackson, convicted at the last Borough, Sessions of stealing a sheet, the property of Mr. Banister, was charged with stealing a sack and a quantity of grains, on Sunday morning, belonging to Messrs. Jennings. The prisoner was committed to the boro’ for trial at the ensuing sessions. Windsor and Eton Express, 7 July 1827. Charles Jackson, aged about 17. was indicted for stealing a sack, the property of Messrs. Jennings, on the Ist of June. The evidence fully substantiated the charge against the prisoner, and he was found Guilty. Mr. Swabev regretted that ibis was not the first appearance of the prisoner in a court of justice, as the last sessions he had been convicted similar crime, and confined in gaol for short period. By the recent act, which came into operation on the 1st of June, and which annihilated the distinction between grand and petty larceny, punishment for this offence was awarded not exceeding two years imprisonment, and being publicly whipped; hut it was at the option of the Court, according the nature of the offence, to give further punishment. He thought it would but act of mercy to the prisoner, and justice to the public, to send him beyond the seas, iin the hope, that by being estranged from his associates, and brought to a sound reflection, he would return to his home an honest man The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be transported for seven years, Windsor and Eton Express, 17 July 1827.