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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Jonas Lawday was transported on the Manlius, departing 16th Jul 1828 and arriving 9th Nov 1828 with 176 passengers.
Manlius (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 448 |
| 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
1875, 7 May: Jonas Lowday [sic], a pauper aged 73, died at the Cascade Invalid Depot from chronic bronchitis (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-8p322j2k). The depot operated between 1869 and 1879, for men and women (see http://gravesoftas.com.au/).
1828, 19 May: Jonas Lawday, 16, was sent from Newgate and received aboard the prison hulk Justitia at Woolwich. He was sent from the hulk for transportation on 17 July (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849). 1828: On arrival in VDL, Jonas Lawday was listed as 18 years old, single and an errand boy from Greece Street. He said he had two previous convictions, and was “once put in the Refuge for robbing my mother”. He said his mother Elizabeth Lawday and his brother John lived in Seymour Street, Somers Town (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-27$init=CON31-1-27p199). 1829: He was assigned to Mr D Lord. 1836: Jonas Lawday received a Ticket of Leave. 1842: He was granted a Free Certificate No.336 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-27$init=CON31-1-27p199).
1828, 10 April: Jonas LAWDAY/Lowday, born 1812, an errand boy, was tried at the Old Bailey: “955. JONAS LAWDAY was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of March, 8 brushes, value 8s., the goods of John Warner, his master. JOHN WARNER: The prisoner was in my service as errand-boy for about four months. In consequence of information which I received from the last prisoner, I had this one taken into my back shop, and searched him - he kept saying he had done nothing, and had got nothing, till I found some combs; I then sent for the officer, and gave him in charge - I had taken him from the Refuge for the Destitute. WILLIAM JOHNSON: The prisoner pawned these eight brushes with me in the name of Collins - he said they were for his master, who lived in Holborn. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY. Aged 16. Transported for Fourteen Years. See the last case. There was another indictment against the prisoner.” (see https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/) Note: The previous case, #954, concerned 14 year old Thomas Wilson who was charged for stealing three hair brushes from John Warner, his master, a brushmaker in Tottenham Court Road. John Warner told the court he believed the boy had been “seduced by another servant” [presumably Jonas Lawday, as there is no mention of Lawday in the trial transcript]. Thomas Wilson was jailed for six months.
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-27$init=CON31-1-27p199