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Crime
Transportation
George Johnson was transported on the Albion, departing 21st Sep 1826 and arriving 14th Feb 1827 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 79 (41) |
| 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 17/81/100. Date: 1826 May 17. Prisoner name: George Johnson. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey May Sessions 1826. Crime: Stealing from the person: theft of a silk handkerchief from the child of the Chancellor of the Exchequers coachman. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): Sarah Day, mother of the prisoner. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Elderly widowed mother who would like to be able to hear news of her son and have hope of seeing him again.
NSW Convict Index. George Johnson, per Albion 1827, Ticket of Leave, No 44/1856. District, Yass; Tried, MGD.
Old Bailey Online GEORGE JOHNSON. Theft; pocketpicking. 11th May 1826. Text type Trial account Defendants GEORGE JOHNSON Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 11th May 1826 Reference Number t18260511-72 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 970. GEORGE JOHNSON was indicted for stealing, on the 2d of May , 1 handkerchief, value 5s., the goods of William Carlton , from the person of Jane Carlton . WILLIAM CARLTON. I am coachman to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer . This affair happened on the 2d instant in the Treasury-yard , about ten minutes after twelve o'clock; I was cleaning myself to go out with the carriage; an alarm was given that my child was taken out of the yard; the prisoner persuaded another little girl to leave her; the child wore the same handkerchief round her neck as she wears now - her name is Jane. HANNAH HUNT . I am a servant out of place. I knew this little girl before this happened; I saw her at play in the yard - she had this handkerchief about her neck - this was about half-past eleven o'clock - she is four years old- as soon as I heard the child was lost I ran through the Treasury-passage into the park, and then through the Horse-guards; I turned into Whitehall, when I saw the prisoner standing on some steps with the child hid behind him; the handkerchief was taken from her neck, and lay by her side; it had been previously tied as it is now - the Treasury-yard is more than twenty yards from where I found the prisoner; the alarm was given in every direction that the child was stolen; I seized hold of the prisoner and held the child. MARY HALLIDAY . I know Jane Carlton, and saw her at play in the Treasury-yard on the 2d of May - my parents live there, and I saw the prisoner there; he was standing close by us - we were all playing together - at that time she had the handkerchief round her neck - the prisoner asked me to go and see what o'clock it was; I told him I had my little brother to attend to; he said, I might take him with me; when I said I was not willing to go, he said he would give me a half-penny; so I went and left the little girl - I had a suspicion, and I watched him as long as I could - he got off the stone, and went down some steps; I went and asked a lady what o'clock it was - I then went back, and the prisoner and the little girl were both gone; I ran to see if Jane was up stairs; I told them every thing; I went and told her mother. WILLIAM CARLTON re-examined. I think it is sixty yards from where the prisoner was found, to where the child had been at play; he had got the child on some dark steps in a dark part of the passage; when I went down I met Miss Hunt bringing the prisoner by force; the child said "Father, the man took my handkerchief" - she cried at the time - she said the prisoner said he took it off to put some cakes in; the place was so dark and retired where he had got the child, that he might have completely stripped her unobserved. GUILTY . Aged 24. Transported for Life .