Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
James Jones was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 242. --00-- Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. |
| 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
JAILS: 25 August, 1852: Committed at Newcastle Upon Tyne to stand trial; held there until and following his trial on 20 October. --0--
NEWSPAPER REPORT OF THE TRIAL: From the Newcastle Journal, Saturday 23 October 1852, p7: "JOHN WILSON (17), and JAMES JONES (19), were charged with stealing a purse containing £1/1s. the monies of Thomas Smith, on the ... of August. The wife of the prosecutor [Catherine Smith] was proceeding up the Side on the evening of Tuesday the ... of August, when four men on the street pushed against her, and, immediately after feeling a hand in her pocket, she saw her purse in the hand of Wilson, who gave it to Jones. The thieves immediately made off, she followed, never once losing sight of them, and they were captured at some little distance. The frequent occasions on which they had been before the magistrates warranting the inference that they were incorrigible thieves, the sentence passed upon them was that of transportation for ten years." (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) --0--
20 October, 1852: Convicted at Newcastle on Tyne and sentenced to 10 years' transportation for larceny from the person, with a previous conviction for felony (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for James Jones; England; Northumberland; 1852). --0--