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Joseph Briggs was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 129 (66) |
| 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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National Archives, HO-9-1_5. Cumberland Hulk Records. Page 35. Received from Nottingham, 9 November 1832. Joseph Briggs, age 22, Stealing 80 racks of lace, Tried Nottingham 15 Oct 1832, Life, NSW 24 May 1833.
Robbery of a Machine Shop. Simeon Voss, aged 24, was charged with stealing a quantity of lace, the property of Ebenezer Hickton, Sutton in-Ashfield.— Mr. Whitehurst called Ebenezer Hickton, who locked up his father’s shop at nine in the evening, and left two machines all right; the next morning the lace was cut out of both machines, about 80 racks in quantity.—Thomas Hickton confirmed this statement, and both identified the lace.—Thomas Whitworth apprehended the prisoner and Briggs on the forest, on the day after the robbery with the lace now produced. Joseph Briggs, aged 22, was also charged with the same offence, and pleaded guilty, as also to having been twice before convicted of felony.—Voss in his defence said that he met Briggs by the way.—Guilty—No evidence was offered in second indictment. Nottingham Review, 19 Oct 1832. Yesterday, the prisoners sentenced at the late county sessions to various periods transportation, were removed from the county jail, to placed on board the Cumberland hulk, by Mr. Brierley and assistants, viz:—Joseph Briggs for life, ... and Simeon Voss, ... for seven years each. Nottingham Review, 9 Nov 1832.