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Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Abel was transported on the Fairlie, departing 9th Mar 1852 and arriving 3rd Jul 1852 with 306 passengers.
Fairlie (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 354. Tasmanian Archives - Convicts: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1368022 |
| 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
Tasmanian Records. Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-43/CON14-1-43P117 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-43/CON14-1-43P118 No 96. Joseph Abel, Tried Sheffield Q.S. 11 Jan 1847. age 19, sentence, 10 years, (crossed out), and 7 years entered. Religion, C.E, can read and write a little. Single. Offence: Stealing a till containing £2, pro. At Sheffield; for gambling, 1 month. Labourer and imperfect tailor. Native place, Sheffield, Remarks: B, James, George; S, Eliza, Sarah, Ellen.
John Davis, 17, Thomas Hague, 18, and Joseph Abel, 16, were indicted for stealing twenty-four shillings, a till, six gross of metal buttons, and other articles, at Sheffield, from the shop of Thomas Woolhouse, his property. … the prisoners, though all so young, had the greatest record of crime against them of any at the sessions. Davis had been three times convicted of felony, Hague twice and all three had been repeatedly committed as rogues and vagabonds. The jury found them all Guilty of the offence. Davis and Hague were each sentenced to be transported for ten years, and Able to be transported for seven years. Sheffield Independent, 16 Jan 1847. The following convicts have been sent from York Castle to the Milbank prison, London. .. For ten years- ... John Davis and Thomas Hague. For seven years,- ... Joseph Able, ... Yorkshire Gazette, 3 April 1847.