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Transportation
William King was transported on the Marion, departing 30th Oct 1851 and arriving 30th Jan 1852 with 281 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 255 (130) |
| 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
Old Bailey Online WILLIAM KING. Violent Theft; robbery. 9th April 1849. Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM KING Offences Violent Theft > Robbery Session Date 9th April 1849 Reference Number t18490409-981 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 981. WILLIAM KING , robbery on Charles Wise, and stealing from his person 1 umbrella, value 2s., his goods: having been before convicted. MR. SLEIGH conducted the Prosecution. CHARLES WISE . I am a Greenwich pensioner, and live at 29, York-street, Westminster. On 5th March, between nine and ten at night, I was at a beer-house in John-street, taking a pint of beer—the prisoner passed by me from the tap-room to the back of the house, and looked in my face—I left the house with another party for ten minutes, returned, and asked for a glass of beer, and then left—when I got outside, a number of persons closed up and I could not escape—I had an umbrella in my left hand—my elbows were confined, and I was struck a violent blow—I was senseless—a policeman broke my fall—my umbrella was snatched from me, and the head of it broken, which fell to the ground—I was perfectly sober. GEORGE KIMBURY (police-sergeant, D 12). On 5th March, about half. past ten at night, I was in Shouldham-street, heard a disturbance, and saw the prisoner with something under his left arm—I followed him into a water-closet in the back yard of No. 5, and told him he must go with me to the station—he said he had gone to ease himself—a constable said in his presence that he had stolen an umbrella. CHARLES JOHNSON . I am a boot and shoe-maker. About half-past ten, on 5th March, I saw the prisoner running with an umbrella under his coat-the wind blew his coat open, and I saw it distinctly. Prisoner. Q. Do you swear that? A. Yes; I was within two paces of you. HILL BECK (policeman, D 127). I was with Kimbury, and saw the prisoner running down Crawford-street with something in his hand—I went to 5, Tooke's-court, and searched a water-closet—I then got on the Wall, and on the yard of No. 6 I found this umbrella—it could easily have been thrown there from the water-closet—Wise was perfectly sober. Prisoner's Defence, I went to ease myself, and the policeman came and locked me up; I did not know what it was for till the next morning. HILL BECK re-examined, I produce a certificate of the prisoner's conviction—(read—Convicted May, 1846, confined four months)—I was present—he is the man. GUILTY . Aged 20.— Transported for Seven Years , Before Mr. Baron Platt,
Eliza Louisa KING nee GLOVER born 1835 in the Swan River Colony, Western Australia. Parents were William & Lucy GLOVER nee SMITH. Married William KING 23rd May 1855 Wesleyan Church Chapel, Perth, West. Aust. Eliza died 17th August 1919, Midland Junction, W. A. They had 12 children.