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Transportation
William Jenkins was transported on the Hibernia, departing 20th Nov 1818 and arriving 11th May 1819 with 160 passengers.
Hibernia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 117 (60) |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 Trade; Farming Labourer aged 18 years old
Supreme Criminal Court.— (Friday, Dec.. 7, 1827.) GeorgeLacy, Samuel Measures, John Ward, John. Maguire, John McMillan, William Jenkins, James Kirk, and James Reed, the nine misguided and unhappy men who were brought up from Macquarie Island last week, charged with the murder of a constable named George Rex,were this day put upon their trial. - It appeared that these men were prisoners in the small island or penitentiary contiguous to the larger one. On the night of the 17th Nov. they contrived a plan to escape. They seized upon the constable Cook and other six in number, who they thought would prevent them. Having bound and gagged them in the most cruel manner, they placed' them in such situation among the rocks on the Islands, as to prevent them from communicating with each other; They then began with Rex,-whom three of them took and pushed into the water, where they held him till he was dead, while the other six were looking on. Having constructed a raft of the tables, beds, &c. which they could procure, they all embarked with the intention of making their escape to the main ; but when they had got into deep, water they found it sinking with them, and they returned again to shore. Only three then went on the raft, and succeeded in getting among the woods on the main, where, however, on the alarm being given, they were promptly pursued and apprehended; All these transactions were. distinctly seen by those whom they had bound and placed in different situations on the island, and their case was clearly and satisfactorily Proved.--, This painful trial lasted the whole of Friday and Saturday, till a very late hour, and when the Jury returned their verdict of Guilty, His Honor the Chief Justice, almost overcome by the lamentable and unexampled spectacle of nine human beings convicted of so cold blooded a murder, passed the awful sentence of death upon them. The Australian, 4 Jan 1828. VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. Murders. Another most dreadful murder was perpetrated at Macquarie Harbour on the 17th of October last, the body of Constable Geo. Rex, nine men—namely, John Ward, Samuel Measures, William Jenkins, James Head, Thomas Williams, James Kirk, John M‘Mallen, John and George Lacy, bolding him under water until was suffocated. The whole of the prisoners were brought to Hobart Town, fried, and convicted; and on the 17th of December they all underwent the dreadful penalty of the crime of murder. Mayo Constitution, 4 Sep 1828.
Burials in the Parish of Hobart in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1827 No; 341 Name; William Jenkins Abode; Goal When buried; 17 December 1827 Age; No age noted; EXECUTED; for Murder Ship’s Name; Hibernia Quality or profession. Convict By Whom Ceremony was preformed; W Bedford William Jenkins - 17 December 1827 - Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rex murder
The following prisoners were tried, and received sentence of death;… Wm. Jenkins and Wm Jones, for stealing a bay gelding, the property of Wm Clements, at St George’s, in the county of Gloucester;... Of the ten prisoners who received sentence of death at our assizes, the whole have been reprieved, excepting John Lawes, convicted of burglary, who is left for execution on Tuesday the 4th of August. Salisbury Journal, 27 July 1818 Wm Jones, aged 18, and Wm. Jenkins, of the same age, were indicted on three charges of stealing two mares and a gelding, the property of Wm Clements. Objection was taken by the prisoner’s counsel, that as there was no proof of the original taking in this evidence, a mere possession in a different county could not legally be admitted as proof of a fresh taking; that being the only principle on which felonies could be tried in other counties than those in which they were committed. In this case the horses were alleged to have been taken in Bristol, and were recovered in Wiltshire. Mr justice Park thought there was no foundation for the objection, which he said had been over-ruled by all the Judges of England. Verdict, Guilty. Windsor and Eton Express, 19 July 1818 HO 9-9-1 Records of Laurel, Hardy and York Hulks, in Portsmouth Harbour, 1805-1831, P 45. Received from New Sarum, 28 Sept 1818 (9 prisoners) Wm. Jenkins, age 18, Convicted at New Sarum, of a felony, 18 July 1818, sentenced to transportation for life. 7 Nov 1818, NSW. William Jenkins was executed 27 Dec 1827. Tasmanian Conduct record, CON31-1-23 image 45. He was charged with other prisoners, with the murder on the 17 October 1827, at the penal settlement of Macquarie Harbour, in having caused the death of a man named George Recks, a constable, by means of suffocation or drowning. This occurred during an attempt to escape. There are more details of the trial in a newspaper report at the time:The Tasmanian, page 2, Fri Dec 7 1827 The Tasmanian, Fri Dec 7 1827