Henry Lineham

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Maureen Withey on 21st December 2022

January 6th, 1843. FELONY! FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. ABSCONDED FROM HIS EMPLOYERS, with various sums of Money, HENRY LINEHAM, Leeds, Attorney's Clerk, aged about 30 years, of middle stature, stiffly built, light brown hair, small whiskers, pasty complexion, dark eyes, nose rather large and broad, large mouth, and broad lips. He had in his possession a considerable sum of Money Gold, and also nine Notes of the Bank of England for 20£ each, dated Leeds July 22nd, 1841, numbered 8458 to 8466 inclusive. He is believed to have been at some of the Ports, making arrangements for embarkation —probably for himself, his wife, and two children —and, after some days of absence, was last heard of as being at Birmingham, on the 28th December. A Reward of £30 will be given to any person who will apprehend the said Henry Lineham, and the further Reward of £20, on his Conviction, Messrs. Ward and Son. Solicitors, Leeds. Leeds Times, 7 Jan 1843. Apprehension of Lineham, the Clerk of Messrs. Ward and Son. — We stated in our last, that a person of the name of Henry Lineham, clerk to Messrs. Ward and Son, Solicitors, Leeds, had absconded with a large sum of money, the property of his employers. In consequence of information received in Leeds, Mr. Read, the Chief Constable, accompanied by Mr. Samuel Clapham, and one Of Messrs. Ward's Clerks, went to Bristol on Tuesday last, and on the following morning, Mr. Read, assisted by one of the Bristol Police Officers, succeeded in apprehending Lineham in one of the streets of that city just after he had come out of a shop. As soon as he was taken, he said that if Mr Read would go with him, he would tell him all about the robbery. They then went to a private house where the prisoner lodged, and in his possession was found £200 in sovereigns, and £50 in Bank of England bills, two handsome cold watches, some gold rings, a richly set brooch, and other articles of jewellery. Several of the latter articles were in the possession of a young woman whom Lineham had kept company with after his arrival in Bristol, and whom he represented as his wife; whereas his wife and two children were in Leeds, and they knew not where he was. On Thursday, Lineham was placed in the Dock at the Police Court, Leeds, before A. Titley, Esq., and G. Wright, Esq., but the hearing of the charge against him was ad- journed until yesterday, when Mr. Ward stated that he was an attorney in Leeds, carrying on business in partnership with his son ; the prisoner, Henry Lineham, had been in their employ from July, 1840, up to the 23rd of December last. ... Leeds Intelligencer, 14 Jan 1843. Yorkshire Lent Assizes. HENRY LINEHAM, convicted of embezzling money at Leeds, was sentenced to be transported for 10 years. Yorkshire Gazette, 25 March 1843. For the Pentonville Prison, London, for ten years, John Swan, Francis Farrar, Geo. Finch, John Firth, Joseph Popplewell, William Stoner, John Blacker, Henry Lineham, Geo. Jenkins, Henry Storey, Joseph Fairest, and Thomas Jennings. Leeds Times, 29 April 1843. THE 'EXILES' PER ‘SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR'. The accounts given in the Hobart Town papers of the conduct, during the voyage, of the "Exiles" by the above ship, and of the cleanliness which pervaded the vessel on her arrival, are very flattering to all those concerned. The annexed is from the COURIER, of the 4th instant: 'The men, too, are of a very superior order, and the greatest credit is due to Dr. Hampton, the Surgeon-Superintendent, for the excellent arrangements which are discoverable in their comfort and classification. The vessel proceeds to Port Phillip the latter end of the present week with that portion of the prisoners who have obtained conditional pardons. The remainder, by far the larger portion, ticket-of-leave men and pass-holders, remain in the Colony. The Government have rented Mr. Solomon's house in Argyle-street, as a hiring depot for those latter men who are well clad, and present, altogether, a very different appearance from the ordinary class of convicts. Several of the men, we understand, have been already engaged, at wages varying from ten to twelve pounds a year; and every facility is afforded by the Surgeon-Superintendent to those who, for the purpose of engaging servants, visit this vessel. It is necessary, however, to be provided with an order from the Colonial Secretary to go on board the ship." Two other ships were daily expected with similar cargoes from England, to arrive at Launceston. The Australian, 20 Mar 1845. Exiles. Transportation to NSW effectively ceased in 1842 but between 1846-1850 exiles were transported. Exiles had served part of their sentence in a penitentiary in Britain and were granted a conditional pardon or ticket of leave on arrival in the Colony. (The Exiles index covers the period 1849-50 only.) EXILES. GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Superintendent's Office, Melbourne, 13th Jan, 1848. The undermentioned individuals, who arrived at Port Phillip as Exiles, under pardons available only in the Australian Colonies, are hereby informed, that her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to direct the issue of a pardon in their favor, which will be available in all parts of the world except the United Kingdom, whither they are precluded from returning during the term of their respective sentences. C. J. LATROBE. … Henry Lineham, … The Melbourne Argus, 21 Jan 1848.