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Transportation
Richard Law was transported on the Larkins, departing 11th Jun 1831 and arriving 19th Oct 1831 with 279 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 119 (62) |
| 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
FATAL ACCIDENT.-Four Men Drowned. Intelligence has reached us of the most melancholy loss of four men, holding tickets-of-leave, who were drowned in the Swan River, in the Great Swan Port district, about three weeks ago ; the poor men had proceeded in a dingy, and not returning, search was made, when one of them, named JohnFolkard, was discovered jammed between some logs in the river, and quite dead; the names of the others missing are William Evans, Richard Law, and John Ellis, who has left a wife and seven young children totally unprovided for - the others were single men. Colonial Times, 23 June 1848.
Place of origin: Whitechapel, Middlesex Aged; 17 years old, Trade; Boy. Mother; Martha Law, Mile End, New Town, 2 sisters & 1 brothers with mother. Stealing 2 ? cases from a dwelling house. Previous conviction; Flogged for stealing brooms 1848 - DROWNED - 18 June 1848