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Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Leitham was transported on the Research, departing 1st Jan 1831 and arriving 12th Jan 1832 with 5 passengers.
1832 - 5 Male convicts. Master; Alexander Ogilvie. Arrived from Calcutta. 12 Jan 1832
Research (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, Tasmanian Records. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-28/CON31-1-28P74. Letter, Other Record https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-5/CON13-1-5P117 |
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Records. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-28/CON31-1-28P74 No 653. Josh Latham, 99th Rt. per Research, Dec 1831. Port Louis, Isle of France, 17 Sep 1831, Life. Transported for Stealing liquor. Stated this offence, Stealing liquor from Stores. See record for details of conduct. Drowned at Launceston on the 14th August 1839. Description Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-2/CON23-1-2-P180 No 653. Joseph Latham, 5 ft 7 ½, ruddy comp, brown hair, hazel eyes, age 25, Ho servant, groom 99th Regt soldier. Tried Port Louis, 17 Sept 1831, Life. Per Research 1831. Native place, County Down, Ireland. Scar inside left hand, do. Above elbow … pock-pitted. Drowned at Launceston 14 Aug 1839. Letter, Other Record https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-5/CON13-1-5P117 Research 14 Dec 1831. Mauritius 4 Nov 1831. Sir, I have the honor to forward to your Excellency by the Bark Research, the prisoner Joseph Leitham, late Private in the 99th Regiment , with the accompanying finding and Sentence of a General court martial held on him in this Colony on the 17th of September last, by which the prisoner was sentenced to transportation as Felon for Life. …. To his Excellency, the Governor of Van Diemens Land.
DISEMBARKED AT VAN DIEMAN'S LAND