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Transportation
Benjamin Lockyer was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 230. Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8) |
| 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
From his Fremantle jail record: LOCKYER, Benjamin; #4771, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: BROWN John Date of Birth: 1830 Date of Death: 12 Oct 1879 Place of Death: Perth Marital Status: Married Occupation: Painter, glazier Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: London, London, England Crime: Larceny Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 30 Jul 1858 -- he was at Champion Bay at this time (see Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). Comments: Labourer, butcher. Had 3 sons, 2 daughters (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
PRISON LICENCE: Benjamin Lockyer had been sent to Dartmoor but was granted a prison licence (parole) on 2 December 1855 (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpdef1-780-18500408). Presumably, he violated the terms as it was revoked on 24 January 1857, and he was transported on 18 September the same year.
TRIAL -- 8 April, 1850: Old Bailey, London #780. BENJAMIN LOCKYER, stealing 1 handkerchief, value 5s.; the property of William Atkinson, from his person: having been before convicted. WILLIAM ATKINSON . I live in Lloyd-square, Clerkenwell, and am an engineer. On 6th April, I was in front of a shop in Gray's-inn-lane—I felt some one against my pocket—I went on a step or two, and then felt something again—I turned round and saw the prisoner passing from me—I missed my handkerchief—the prisoner ran, and I called, "Stop thief!"—he dropped this handkerchief and was stopped by a gentleman—I went up, took him by the collar, and gave him in charge—he said he had picked the handkerchief up—it is mine (looking at it). WILLIAM TODMAN (policeman, G 125). I took the prisoner, and produce the handkerchief. JOHN RANDALL (police-sergeant, E 26). I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction at this Court—(read—Convicted Sept., 1848, having been before convicted, and confined one year)—he is the person. GUILTY. Aged 20.— Transported for Ten Years.