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John Jarvis 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.
Thomas Arbuthnot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 153 (78) |
| 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
POCKET PICKING IN IPSWICH MARKET.-On Tuesday, between twelve and one o'clock, a number of people were were assembled before Mr. Burrows' shop, in the New-Market, looking at a horse, which was being exhibited for sale by Mr. Stevenson, butcher, St. Matthew's, in this town. Amongst the persons present, was Mr. Edward Askew, cattle-dealer, Elmsett, near Hadleigh. He had on a long coat, and was standing in the crowd in the street, when he suddenly felt a hand in the pocket behind, and found that his purse had been drawn. Upon turning round, he saw a man named John Jarvis, running in the direction of the Plough public-house, through Dog's Head lane. Askew pursued him into Lower Brook street shouting Stop thief. Jarvis was eventually stopped by a recruit named William Green, belonging to the 70th Regiment of foot. Green having observed Jarvis throw something over a wall into the Eastern Union Railway office yard, a search was made by Askew, when his parse, containing nine sovereigns, nine half-sovereigns, one crown piece, eleven half-crowns, fifteen shillings, and four sixpences, stolen from his pocket, was recovered. Jarvis was conveyed to the Blue Coat Boy, and then given into the hands of the police, by whom be was conveyed to the station-house. He was afterwards examined before the magistrates, and fully the magistrates, and fully committed for trial. Jarvis states that he is a hawker and comes from Huntingdon: he had several companions in the town with him, supposed to have arrived from London, to witness the execution which, on Tuesday, was expected to take place. Since Jarvis has been committed, the whole of his gang have disappeared. Ipswich Journal, 4 Jan 1845. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Exiles Index. John Jarvis, age 19, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Date of trial, 4/1/1845, at Ipswich, sentence, 10 years, Charge, Stealing money. Remarks: Exiles.
John Jarvis was a pearl button maker, convicted of stealing money. In Australia, he was convicted of stealing from the person in 1857 and sentenced to 2 years in prison. In 1859 he was arrested and charged with picking pockets at the races. He was sentenced to 3 months' hard labour for vagrancy. He died in 1889.