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Transportation
John Levy Squires was transported on the Somersetshire, departing 28th Feb 1814 and arriving 16th Oct 1814 with 201 passengers.
Somersetshire (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, 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
Colonial Secretary Index. SQUIRES, John Levy. Per "Somersetshire", 1814 1821 Sep 1,10 -Warrant commuting capital sentence (Reel 6070; 4/2129.1 pp.5, 10) 1821 Sep 1 -Commutation warrant (Reel 6070; 4/7020 No.82) 1821 Sep 5 - Tried in Sydney; death sentence commuted (Reel 6070; 4/1265 pp.5, 38) 1821 Sep 10 - Re commutation of sentence passed by the Court of Criminal Judicature (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.359-60) 1821 Sep 12 - On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.362) 1822 Jun 3 - Re transportation to Newcastle (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.374) 1822 Jun 10 - On list of convicts transported to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.394) 1822 Jun 11 - Not arrived at Newcastle per "Snapper" (Reel 6067; 4/1808 p.125) 1822 Jun - On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle (Reel 6023; 4/1718 p.151) -------------------------------------------------- Thomas Fitzsimmonds, John Squires, and Peter Burns, were convicted of burglary, - Remanded. Sydney Gazette, 18 Aug 1821. ------------------------------------------------ SATURDAY.-This morning an awful portraiture of the determined depravity of man was exhibited to a crowded auditory-a circumstance unprecedented in our colonial jurisprudence-that of no less than 23 fellow creatures placed, by reiterated crimes, at the bar of justice, to be visited with its heaviest penalty-DEATH William Williams, Gilbert Brown, John M'Guire, John Whalan, John Read, William Geary, Thomas Smith, Charles Young, William Whiteman, John Cochrane, John Mills, William Kennedy, Francis Pasco, Pasco Haddycott, George Grover, Robert Maggs, Thomas Fitzsimmons, John Squires, Peter Burns, John Brown, Edward Farrell, John Ryan, and Miles Jordan, severally received Sentence of Death. Sydney Gazette, 18 Aug 1821. ------------------------------------------------------ His Excellency the Governor in Chief has been graciously pleased to extend the Royal Clemency to the following prisoners condemned to suffer death at the late Criminal Sessions, upon their becoming transports for life: —John Read; John Brown, John Whalan, George Grover, John Squires, Peter Burnes, and Joseph Legg. Sydney Gazette, 8 Sept 1821.