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Joseph Jefferson was transported on the General Hewett, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 7th Feb 1814 with 301 passengers.
The Windham and General Hewett left England the 24th of August, in convoy with the Wansted, Capt. Moore, who sailed from hence last Thursday for Batavia; the General Hewett arrived at Rio the 17th of November, and sailed again the 2d of December. Together with the military detachments, she received on board for this Settlement 300 male prisoners, of whom we are sorry to report the death of 35, whose names we shall endeavour to procure an account of, and publish in the next Gazette, for the information of their friends and families in Great Britain. Sydney Gazette, Sat 12 Feb 1814.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 120 |
| 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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1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year - 1825 Name; Joseph Jefferson Age; No details Class; Convict Ship; General Hewitt - 1814 - 14 years Remarks\Assigned; DIED; June 1825 at Hawkesbury
Old Bailey: JOSEPH JEFFERSON. Theft: shoplifting. 13th January 1813 Verdict Guilty Sentence Death JOSEPH JEFFERSON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 18th of December, seventeen pounds weight of cheese, value 14 s. the property of John Roper privately in his shop. JOHN ROPER. I am a chandler, at Marybone. Q. Did you lose any cheese on the 18th of December - A. Yes. I was not in the shop at the time it was taken. CORNELIA ROPER. On the 18th of December, about a quarter after six in the evening a man came in my shop and asked for a pennyworth of tobacco, and I not liking the looks of him, I cast my eyes round the shop, I missed a double Gloster cheese. I called my husband, and I told him I had missed a cheese. He considered a minute or two, and went out, saying, he would see if he could find the cheese. Q. Where was your husband - A. In the back yard. I sent my little girl to him. He came and went out immediately, and in about two minutes my husband brought the prisoner in with the cheese under his arm, tied up in a dirty apron. Q. Is the prisoner the same person that came for the tobacco in your shop - A. No. My husband charged the watch with the prisoner. Q. What part of the shop was the cheese laying in - A. It was laying near the door. Q. You did not see any body take it, did you - A. No. Q. Your attention was taken with the person you were serving - A. Yes. Q. Was the shop door open - A. No, it was latched. John Roper. My wife called me in, told me that she had lost a cheese. I went out, and went to the corner of the street, where I saw three men standing together, a little distance from the corner. I waited the space of a minute. The prisoner and two others came by me. The prisoner was walking in the middle of the other two. Having got past me I jumped at him, and catched hold of him by the collar. The cheese was in a dirty apron, under his arm. The moment I seized him by the collar he said, he had never seen my shop in his life. I told him, I would soon shew it him. I took him back to my shop with the cheese. This is the cheese. It had my name on it when it was lost. It is there now; R for Roper. I had seen the cheese in my shop about ten minutes before my wife called me into the shop. I am certain that is my property. The cheese cost me ten-pence halfpenny a pound. WILLIAM HUSON. I am a constable. The prisoner was brought in first to the watchhouse. I searched him; there was nothing about him. I locked him up. I enquired for the cheese; the cheese was brought in by the watchman. Prisoner's Defence. I was coming down High-street, Marybone, about six in the evening, at a pawnbroker's window, in the corner. I saw the cheese wrapt up in an apron. I instantly picked it up. Two young men saw me pick it up; they said, I picked up a prize. I put it under my arm. Coming by Marybone-lane, Mr. Roper took me in custody. That is all I have to say. I never saw the two young men before in my life. Q. to Mrs. Roper. Was any body in the shop when the man came in for the tobacco, but yourself - A. No. GUILTY - DEATH, aged 21. 1824: TOL Wilberforce. 1825: NSW BDM: Joseph Jefferson died 1825, aged 32.