| Name: | James Kimmerley |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Date of Death: | - |
| Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
| Crime: | Pocket picking |
| Convicted at: | London Gaol Delivery |
| Sentence term: | 14 years |
| Ship: | Lord Melville |
| Departure date: | 14th November, 1828 |
| Arrival date: | 6th May, 1829 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 169 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 522 |
| 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 Project. |
Ron Garbutt on 21st March, 2020 wrote:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 21 March 2020), December 1827, trial of JAMES KIMMERLEY (t18271206-212).
JAMES KIMMERLEY, Theft > pocketpicking, 6th December 1827.
213. JAMES KIMMERLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of November , 1 pair of shoes, value 6s.; 2 handkerchiefs, value 3s.; 1 hat, value 2s.; 1 knife, value 6d.; 1 pencil, value 1d.; 2 half-crowns, and 21 shillings, the property of Isaac Stanley , from his person .
ISAAC STANLEY. I am a sawyer . On the 4th of November I was in Shoe-lane , about half-past ten o’clock at night; I had been to look for a sawyer, to pay him 10s. - I had been to different places, and some people gave me some gin, which affected me; I sat on a step, and fell asleep; some person took my money, my shoes off my feet, my handkerchief off my neck, and my hat, while I was asleep - I am sure I had my shoes and every thing on when I sat down.
JOHN JOHNSTON . I am a watchman. I was calling half-past ten o’clock in Shoe-lane; Delaney called Watch! I went up - she said the prisoner was taking this man’s jacket off; the prisoner immediately threatened Delaney, and said if she was a man he would knock her bl - y head off - she was holding him at the time; I said, “Come down to the watch-house;” we went there, and I took these shoes off the prisoner’s feet - the prosecutor claimed them.
MARY DELANEY . I was going out on an errand, and saw the prosecutor sitting at a door, very tipsy; I saw the prisoner go up to him, and say, “If you will get up, I will see you home.” I looked round presently, and saw he was trying to get his jacket off; I gave an alarm, and he was taken to the watch-house.
HENRY WAKE . I am an officer. The prisoner was brought to the watch-house.(Shoes produced and sworn to.)
Prisoner’s Defence. A man came to me about six o’clock, and asked me to buy a pair of shoes for 3s. 6d. - I gave him 2s. 6d. for them, and put them on. I saw this man sitting at the door, and went to him to take him home- the woman came and asked if I knew him.
GUILTY . Aged 17.
Transported for Fourteen Years .
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18271206-212
Ron Garbutt on 21st March, 2020 made the following changes:
gender: m, crime
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au
