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Transportation
John Jones was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1815 and arriving 30th Jan 1816 with 221 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 237 (120) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online JOHN JONES. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 14th September 1814. Text type Trial account Defendants JOHN JONES Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 14th September 1814 Reference Number t18140914-20 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 715 JOHN JONES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 12th of September , a coat, value 5 s. and a waistcoat, value 1 s. the property of Francis Robinson . FRANCIS ROBINSON . I am a mariner, commander of the Leicester . The prisoner, I believe, is a mariner . Q. What makes you accuse him of taking your coat and waistcoat - A. My coat and waistcoat was taken out of my cabin, on Monday morning last, about half past four o'clock, and they were found in another vessel. That is all I know. JOHN CARR. I was on board a collier; that is not Mr. Robinson's ship; there was one ship laid between Mr. Robinson's ship and ours. I slept upon the half deck; our dog barked; I jumped out of bed; I looked into a lighter; there was a man there; I asked him what he was doing there so early in the morning; he came on board our ship, and asked me to lend him our boat to put him on shore; I refused. He said, he would get a scaller. I stepped over our ships quarters; I saw a little bundle laying upon the lighter's gunnel; the prisoner was standing about a yard off the clothes. I called out here, a hand here, I suspect this man, here is a thief; the Captain came, and looked at the clothes; he said, he is a thief. I directly took hold of him. One of our men went on board the lighter, and fetched the clothes. Q. Did you know any thing of the prisoner - A. No; I never saw him before. It was between five and six in the morning. The dog barking, I looked into the lighter; I then saw the prisoner, and the bundle. JOHN HERBERT . I am an officer. I produce the property. On this morning, I was rowing by the tier, I heard the cry of police. I took the prisoner into custody. This coat and waistcoat were delivered to me on board the lighter; I have had them in my charge ever since. Prosecutor. It is my coat and waistcoat. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. GUILTY , aged 24. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.
John Jones was described as a mariner, age 24 when he was tried at the Old Bailey in London on 14 September 1814. He was found guilty of stealing a coat, value 5 shillings and a waistcoat, value 1 shilling, and was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. The Old Bailey trial: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18140914-20-defend261&div=t18140914-20#highlight He was transported on the "Ocean" which departed England on August 1815 and arrived at Sydney NSW on 30 January 1816. The convict indent described him as age 22, a sailor, born at Liverpool, 5ft 3 1/2in, fair pale complexion, light brown hair, hazel eyes.