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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 245 (124). --00-- Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902; Kingston-upon-Thames; 1848-1853 |
| 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
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: JONES, James; inmate #4755, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1834 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England Crime: Larceny Sentence Period: 7 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 26 Mar 1858 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
Newspaper report of the trial: Sussex Advertiser, 1 April, 1851, p7: James Jones, labourer, 18, was found guilty of having on the 14th of February, in the parish of Lambeth, stolen a weighing machine the property of William Errington. — Having been formerly convicted of felony, and several times summarily convicted, he was sentenced to seven years' transportation." --00--
26 March, 1851: James JONES, 18, labourer, reads and writes imperfectly, convicted and sentenced to transportation for 7 years (Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902; Kingston-upon-Thames; 1848-1853). --0--
TRIAL: 19 March, 1851: At the Adjourned Session at St Mary, Newington, James JONES, indicted for felony, ordered to remain in custody until the next Assize (Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902; Kingston-upon-Thames; 1848-1853). --0--
COMMITTAL: 18 February, 1851: Committed by T Henry Esq, charged on the oaths of William Errington and others, with "feloniously stealing, at Lambeth, one weighing machine, his property" (Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902; Kingston-upon-Thames; 1848-1853). --0--