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Transportation
Hugh Thomas Jones was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 20th Sep 1818 and arriving 11th Mar 1819 with 160 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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 HUGH THOMAS JONES. Theft; embezzlement. 17th September 1817. Text type Trial account Defendants HUGH THOMAS JONES Offences Theft > Embezzlement Session Date 17th September 1817 Reference Number t18170917-277 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1386. HUGH THOMAS JONES was indicted for embezzling the sum of 10l. 18s. 6d. the property of David Sadler -and Henry Sadler . HENRY SADLER. I am in partnership with David Sadler - We keep a Repository for the sale of horses , in Goswell-street, the prisoner was in our employ; his duty was to receive money on our account, and to keep the books. In consequence of his absconding I examined the books, and discovered a deficiency of 600l. JOHN GREENWAY . I was sent by my father to fetch a mare from Messrs. Sadlers' Repository, and paid the prisoner 10l. 18s. 6d. I paid him a 5l. note, and the rest in small notes, half a guinea, and some silver. Cross-examined by MR. ANDREWS. I had seen him before. I am sure he is the man. HENRY SADLER . I have my cash-book, there is no entry of that sum, nor did the prisoner ever account to me for it. Cross-examined. It is entered in the sale-book, and paid put to it; he ought to have entered it in the cashbook immediately after he received it. Transported for Fourteen Years . GUILTY . Aged 27. Third Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.