Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Robert Main was transported on the Nile, departing 27th Jun 1850 and arriving 3rd Oct 1850 with 309 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 290 |
| 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
Further Particulars. In connexion with these disgraceful exhibitions in Glasgow, we may mention that the authorities are quietly, but not the less zealously, taking measures for apprehending the ringleaders and bringing the rioters to punishment. A. fellow named Crossan has, amongst others, been apprehended, accused not only of takings prominent part in the Glasgow riots as a plunderer and dangerous orator, but of going out to Airdrie, boasting of his deeds at a public meeting of colliers, and urging them to similar outrages. Up till Saturday night last, 46 individuals, implicated in the late riots, had been apprehended and committed for trial. The following is a more detailed list of the names of those in custody, who were in the first instance lodged in the Central District Police Office, than previously given, viz. : ...  Robert Mains, coppersmith, native of Glasgow, residing in Main Street, Gorbals. ... Glasgow Chronicle, 15 March 1848. Robert Main, Thomas Melrose, David McNaughton, and Michael Kenny, were placed at the bar, charged mobbing and rioting, and also stouthrief, in breaking into :Musgrove's gun-shop on the 6th March. Main, McNaughton, and Kenny, pleaded guilty to mobbing and rioting  and Melrose subsequently did the same. After trial, in the course of which a good deal of evidence was led to the assault upon the shop, the jury gave a verdict of guilty against M'Naughton, Kenny, and Melrose, upon their own confession, and against Main of mobbing and rioting. and also stouthrief. the jury strongly recommended Melrose to the mercy of the Court. Main was sentenced to seven years' transportation. McNaughton and Kenny to two years' imprisonment, and Melrose to one years' imprisonment. Glasgow Chronicle, 10 May 1848.
Database of Scottish Convicts transported to Australia. https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-9.html Robert Main, Copper and tinsmith, Prisoner in Glasgow, Tried in Glasgow, 8 May 1848 Transportation - 7 years. Transported per Nile, 27 June 1850 to Van Diemen's Land.