William Maybrook

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D Wong on 7th September 2014

Old Bailey: 29/1/1838: Theft. WILLIAM MAYBROOK was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of January, 1 coat, value 3l. 10s.; 1 printed book, value 2s.; 1 handkerchief, value 3s; 1 snuff-box, value 1s; and 1 pocket-book, value 1s.; the goods of Henry Holding. GUILTY . Aged 19. WILLIAM MAYBROOK was again indicted for stealing, on the 18th of January, 1 coat, value 21s., the goods of James Matthews. Prisoner's Defence. I told him I bought the coat of a man going into the country for employ—I had but 1s. 6d., and that it was not sufficient to pay my lodging—I thought I would leave it in pawn till I came back. GUILTY .* Aged 19.— Transported for Seven Years. William was 19 years old on arrival in VDL. He was 5’6 ¼” tall, light brown hair, hazel eyes, slightly pock pitted, anchor and cable on left arm, single. Conduct Record: Kept absconding. 13/7/1841: Oatlands Goal for absconding, recommended to be sent to Port Arthur, being in incorrigible absconder. 5/4/1842 The Courier, Hobart: QUARTER SESSIONS. Monday, April 5, 1841. William Maybrook was indicted for stealing, on tbe 26th of February last, a gold watch, of the value of £20, from the shop of Messrs. Nelson, in Liverpool-street. The particulars of this case are 'these.-On the day mentioned in the indictment the prisoner came into the shop of the prosecutors, and contrived to abstract a gold, watch. A short time afterwards Mr. Morris Nelson happened to go to Mr. Henry Solomon's, where he found the prisoner, who bad come in to get a key fitted to the watch he had stolen; the prisoner ran away, and was apprehended in Elizabeth-street by Constable Field. The prisoner, in his defence, stated that he was so drunk as not to know what he had done ; he hoped the Jury would take his case into consideration; he was a prisoner-servant in the country, and had come to town on his master's business ; he had been brought up to the musical profession, which had been his ruin, for he was known to too many, and he had got into company, where he became drunk : his police character, he said, was without a blemish, and he hoped that the Court and Jury would deal mercifully with him. The prisoner, who is a mere lad, delivered his brief address with much feeling. The Jury, after consulting for about a minute, retired, and after being absent for about the same time, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then remanded. No outcome found. 29/8/1846: At Port Arthur. 13/1/1849: CP (Launceston Examiner) 29/7/1851: TOL 20/12/1851: TOL Revoked. 3/9/1853: TOL Found no more details after 1853.