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Transportation
Malcolm Macleod was transported on the Mangles, departing 21st Nov 1839 and arriving 27th Apr 1840 with 290 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 136 Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. |
| 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
1840 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 40 -1127. 260. Age; 36 years old. Status; Widower - 3 male children Native Place; Rossshire Trial Date; 14 April 1838.
Asylum - Patients Admitted (earlier at Saltwater River, later Port Arthur), 1850-1853 Date; 30 January 1850. Aged 40 years. ** As per register Original Admission; 28 March 1844. Disease on Admission; Mania Statement from New Norfolk Asylum; Mania - incoherent and hallucinations on religions subjects. quiet and inoffensive - murdered his wife in a fit of religious fanaticism. Suffers occasionally from rheumatism in the feet. On other respects health is pretty good.
Malcolm was sentenced to death but after an appeal to the secretary of state his sentence was commuted on the grounds that he had been insane at the time of the murder. He was transported on from NSW to Norfolk Island penal colony, arriving on 18th May 1840. In 1844 he was transfered on the authority of Alexander Maconochie to Hobart. Arriving on the Duke of Richmond 11/12 march 1844.
He was convicted of the murder of his wife in the village of Bayble on the Isle of Lewis. The details of the case can be seen here: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=voQDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=%22MALCOLM+M'LEOD+was+charged+with+Murder:+In%22&hl=en&ei=M-1GTpPbNImg8QO90ayjBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. If this doesn't work, google for "MALCOLM M'LEOD was charged with Murder:" and search under the books option.