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Transportation
John Lewes was transported on the Morley, departing 31st Oct 1816 and arriving 10th Apr 1817 with 179 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 311 (157) |
| 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 705. JOHN LEWES was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of June , a coat, value 2l. a shirt, value 9s. and a gown, value 15s. the property of John Dale in the dwelling-house of James Clayton . JOHN DALE . I am a labouring man . On the 8th of June last, I lodged at No. 5, Rope-maker's-fields , the house of James Clayton . I have known the prisoner between five and six years; he has been a shipmate with me. I took him home to sleep with me at my lodgings on the night previous to the day in the indictment. I went out the next morning, leaving him at my lodgings, and I left the things on the table, that he might get his breakfast. I left the clothes named in the indictment in the room in my chest, which was not locked. When I returned, the prisoner was gone, and my room door was locked, and the key was left with the landlady; I have never recovered my clothes again. DANIEL WATTS I live in Cable-street, St. George's in the East. The prisoner offered to sell me a blue coat, and white gown. The coat had yellow buttons, as the prosecutor has described it. I observed the size of the coat, and thought it was one that would it Dale. I asked him if the coat was his own; he said, it was. I asked him what made him sell it, and he said, he was very much distressed, and he said, the gown was his girls; I bought them of him. I saw him again afterwards. I told him go to some regular clothe's shop, and they could give him more than I could. He said he sold the coat to an old woman in Rosemary-lane; he said, he sold it for eight shillings, and some gin. JOHN LINES . I am headbaraugh of Limehouse. I apprehended the prisoner by the desire of the prosecutor. He acknowledged stealing the things, and said, he supposed he should be transported. GUILTY , aged 37. Transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Abbott.