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Thomas King was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 241 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
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There is a case reported in the newspapers, in February, 1837, of a Thomas King , who stole a pig, but who was discharged. Did Thomas later steal another pig, for which he was sentenced? Thomas King, a haggard-looking,... half-starved young man, was charged by John Nowlan with stealing a pig. Complainant stated he lived a short distance outside Dublin; on Friday evening, he went as usual to feed his pig, but no pig was to be found; it had been in the stye that day; he did not know whether it had strayed or been stolen; he had seen it with the watchman, who had recovered it. Byrne, a watchman, stated that he saw the prisoner driving the animal in question down Summer- ..., at a very late hour on Friday night, he thought it verv suspicious, and accordingly took the man into custody ; King, when taken, asserted that the pig was his own, and that he was driving it home after purchasing it. The prisoner admitted that he stole the pig; but pleaded in excuse that himself and his family were starving. The owner refused to prosecute and King was discharged, Dublin Morning Register, 21 Feb 1837. ------------------------ NSW Convict Index. Thomas King, per Calcutta, 1837, Ticket of Leave, No 42/2170. District, Queanbeyan; Tried, Dublin City. Thomas King, per Calcutta, 1837, Certificate of Freedom, 6 June 1844, No 44/0860. TL 42/2170.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas King, age on arrival, 20, per Calcutta II, 1837. Tried at Dublin City, 1837, 7 years for Stealing pig. Former conviction, 6 months. DOB, 1817, native place, Dublin Co. Married, 1 female child. Catholic. Labourer.