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Transportation
Thomas Johnson was transported on the Coromandel, departing 27th Oct 1819 and arriving 5th Apr 1820 with 299 passengers.
Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 251 (127) |
| 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
Old Bailey Online THOMAS JOHNSON. Theft; pocketpicking. 7th July 1819 Text type Trial account Defendants THOMAS JOHNSON Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 7th July 1819 Reference Number t18190707-37 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 942. THOMAS JOHNSON was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of July , one handkerchief, value 3 s., the goods of Thomas Kidder ; from his person . THOMAS KIDDER . On the 6th of July, about ten o'clock at night, I was in Fleet-street; Turner came up, and said he saw the prisoner pick my pocket - I felt, and missed my handkerchief - I secured the prisoner, and took him to the watch-house. The handkerchief was not found. JOHN TURNER . I was standing at my master's door in Fleet-street, and saw the prosecutor pass by, with his handkerchief hanging out; I saw the prisoner and two others following him very close. As soon as the prosecutor passed the shop, I saw the other two go very close to him, and the prisoner put his hand between them, and take the handkerchief out of his pocket. I went to them - when they saw me, one of them took the handkerchief from the prisoner. I secured the prisoner, and the other two ran away. I am certain he is the man who took it. I was within two yards of him. Prisoner's Defence. I never saw it. GUILTY . Aged 21. Transported for Life . London Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Tasmania Year; 1833 No; 95 Name; Thomas Johnson Ship; Coromandel Remarks; DROWNED; 13 Feb 1833
Hobart Town Gazette, 15 Sept 1827 List of Runaways 95. Johnson Thomas, 5 ft. 6, dark brown hair, dark grey eyes, aged 27, trade, a chair-bottommer, tried at London, July 1819, life, per Coromandel, native of Wooburn, Bedfordshire, natural red marks on right hand and arm, absconded from Launceston June last. Same reward. (£2).