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Transportation
James Johnson was transported on the Speke, departing 5th Aug 1826 and arriving 26th Nov 1826 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 51 (27) |
| 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
Hulk Records. HO-9-7_2 (page 42/48) Retribution Hulk at Sheerness. Received from Newgate, 1 July 1826. James Johnson, age 35, Larceny, Tried at London, 29 June 1826, 7 years, To NSW 31 July 1826.
Old Bailey Online JAMES JOHNSON. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 22nd June 1826 Text type Trial account Defendants JAMES JOHNSON Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 22nd June 1826 Reference Number t18260622-19 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation London Cases, Second Jury. Before Mr. Recorder. 1096. JAMES JOHNSON was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of May , part of a gig harness, value 30s. , the goods of John Smith . EPHRAIM MEAD . I am servant to Mr. John Smith. On the 30th of May, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, I saw the prisoner come out of the stable, which adjoins the ware house, in Vine-street, America-square - I stopped him four or five yards off, with this harness, and asked how he came by it - he said, "Don't say any thing about it;" he was quite a stranger. I gave him in charge.(Property produced and sworn to). GUILTY . Aged 35. Transported for Seven Years .
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship; Speke 3rd - 1826 No; 84 Name; Jas. Johnson NO details Additional Remarks; In Hospital ------------------------ UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Speke Date; Sept 1st - Hemoptysis & Oct, 24. - Phthisis Name Jas Johnson Age; 34. ---------------- Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: James Johnson Death Date: 1826, Death Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1826. Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Volume Number: V18267123 2C ---------------------