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Crime
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Transportation
Robert Locky was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Mar 1827 and arriving 25th Jul 1827 with 193 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 120 |
| 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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https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-8html Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History, Database of Scottish Court records relating to Australian convicts. Robert Locky, Tried Perth, 20 Sep 1826, Death – hanging by public executioner. Per Guildford, 22 March 1827, to New South Wales. ------------------------------------------------------------ National Archive. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/10/8 1826 Sept 22 Prisoner name: Robert Locky [Robert Lockie]. Prisoner details: Age 21. Court and date of trial: Perth Circuit Court 20 August 1826. Crime: Housebreaking into Inchdaviney House, Fife. Initial sentence: Death, day of execution 3 November 1826. Annotated: Conditional pardon prepared October 1826; to be transported for life. Petitioner(s): The convict; the jury. Grounds for clemency: No previous crime; near starvation induced him to perform the crime; confessed crime; gave useful further evidence in court; the property was recovered; convict is either a novice in crime or of weak intellect. Correspondence: D Maitland Makgill supporting petition on grounds that prisoner is of weak intellect. Lord Gillies supporting the petition. D Boyle forwarding the above. Other papers: Note from James Heriot enclosing the petition. N Bulain, JP, supporting the petition. Letter from Lord Gillies to Lord Justice Clerk. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Perth Assizes. Robert Locky, accused of two acts of house breaking and theft—one at Bowhouse of Pitlochrie, on the night of the 3d or 4th Aug. and another at Inchdairnie, on the 4th or 5th Aug.—pleaded guilty to the charges without the aggravation, His counsel, Mr Alaidand, urged him to plead guilty to the whole charges: and it is understood that had he done so, the Advocate Depute would have restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment. The unhappy man, however persevered in his plea, and the case went to trial. The housebreakings, as defined by law, and the theft, were clearly proved. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty ; and the pannel was sentenced to be hanged at Perth, on Friday the 3d day of November next, between the hours of two and four o'clock. This man heard the awful sentence pronounced with apparent indifference and retired from the bar quite at his ease. He is a robust looking man, but bears no marks of a desperado in his countenance. Inverness Journal, 29 Sept 1826 ----------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Clarke and Robert Locky were sent off yesterday afternoon to London, under the charge of Duncan Robertson, town-sergeant, preparatory to their being sent into for life, to which their sentence of Death was lately commuted. Perthshire Courier, 28 Dec 1826.