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John Thomas was transported on the Countess Of Harcourt, departing 29th Apr 1828 and arriving 8th Sep 1828 with 184 passengers.
Ship of 517 tons, built in India 1811. Voyages to NSW and VDL 1821, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1828. Researchers please note that sailings direct from Ireland to Australia are not recorded under British data, and therefore not all details of people are on this web site (they are being added in, by volunteers, so please check thoroughly or send a message on community fb if you have queries).
Countess Of Harcourt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 373 (188) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/31/114 Prisoner name: John Thomas. Court and date of trial: Somerset Assizes at Bridgewater, August 1827. Crime: Theft from the dwelling house of Mr Lawrence on 30 March 1827. Initial sentence: Transportation. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): Robert Phippen of Bristol, with seven affidavits, including one from the prisoner's father George Thomas and his sisters Mary Thomas and Susan Thomas. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Not guilty; other guilty parties confessed to planting stolen item with Thomas. Witnesses to his innocence. Additional information: In New South Wales. Convicted with George Day and John Day. Date: 1830 Oct 25.
Calendar of the Prisoners who were for trial these Assizes. … —George Day, John Thomas and John Day, on suspicion of breaking the dwelling-house of John Lawrence, and stealing three silver spoons, a flitch of bacon, &c.— Taunton Courier, 22 Aug 1827. The sentences, up to Tuesday night, were as follow: … Death Recorded: —Thomas Hares, 17, and Robert Bartlett, 22, convicted of felony.—John Thomas, 21, for burglary.— ... Bristol Mirror, Sat 25 Aug 1827. --------------------------------------------------- Penny-Lyn Beale on 17th December, 2020 wrote: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Ship: Countess of Harcourt Name; John Thomas. Age; 16 [1812] No; 120 Unable to Read or write. Single, Native County; Bristol Trade; Blacksmiths Boy Offence; House Breaking Trial; Burgwater?, 18 Aug 1827 - Life - 2 previous convictions Height; 5 ft. Complexion; Ruddy p. pitted Hair; Brown Eyes; Hazel Assigned; Robert Scott, Hunters River Additional Remarks; DIED in General Hospital Sydney 7 January 1837. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts Index, 1791-1873. John Thomas, Countess of Harcourt, Convict Death register, Date: 20/01/1837. Age 24; District, Sydney Hospital.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/82/7 Description: Prisoner name: James Coleman, aged 24, and John Thomas, aged 16. Court and date of trial: Coleman convicted at Monmouth Summer Assizes 1827. Thomas convicted at Somerset Summer Assizes Bridgewater 1827. Crime: Coleman: Uttering forged notes. Thomas: Housebreaking. Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life [both]. Gaoler's report: Coleman: Orderly during confinement. Thomas: None. Annotated (Outcome): Coleman: Refused. Thomas: Refused. Petitioner(s): James Coleman, the prisoner, supported by former employers who found him honest and trustworthy. John Thomas, the prisoner supported by eight other signatories, by his father, George Thomas, and in a petition from his mother, Mary Thomas, supported by eight other signatories. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Following a period of distressing unemployment, the prisoner Coleman went to Newport seeking employment. While there, he was twice asked by a woman named May Floyd with whom he had been drinking to the point of intoxication to give her change for some notes. These were the notes which gave rise to the charges against Coleman. When he was detained for examination, May Floyd was detained with him, but she was discharged for want of evidence. John Thomas was innocent of the charges brought against him. He was elsewhere from where the housebreaking occurred. There was also confusion in the evidence brought, and another, unconnected, man named John Thomas faced charges at the same Assizes. Other papers: Letter from R Hart Davis MP forwarding petitions. Date: 1828-1829 --------------------------------------------------