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Crime
Transportation
John Mcclew was transported on the Heroine, departing 6th May 1833 and arriving 19th Sep 1833 with 260 passengers.
Heroine (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 104 |
| 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
Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 page 20/40. Euryalus. Nineteen arrived from Newgate, 19 Dec 1831. James Ewing age 13, Offence: Stg a shoe, tried at Middlesex, 1 Dec 1831, 7 years, NSW, Lord Lyndock, 24 May 1833, Joseph Denham, age 13, Offence: Stg a shoe, tried at Middlesex, 1 Dec 1831, 7 years, Died at hospital 25 July 1832. John McClew, age 14, Offence: Stg a shoe, tried at Middlesex, 1 Dec 1831, 7 years, NSW, Heroine, 30 Apr 1833.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 14 July 2021), December 1831, trial of JOHN McCLEW JAMES EWLING JOSEPH DENHAM (t18311201-187). JOHN McCLEW, JAMES EWLING, JOSEPH DENHAM, Theft > simple larceny, 1st December 1831. 187. JOHN McCLEW , JAMES EWLING , and JOSEPH DENHAM were indicted for stealing, on the 12th of November , 1 shoe, value 1s. 6d. , the goods of John Irons . JOHN IRONS . I live in Union-street, Spitalfields , and am a shoemaker . This is my shoe; I was not at home when it was lost. WILLIAM MILLER . I live opposite the prosecutor. I knew he had lost two pairs of shoes on the 12th of November, and in about an hour afterwards (about nine o'clock) I saw the three prisoners go to his shop, and look in at the window - McClew put his hand in at a pane of glass, which had been broken the same evening, by the persons who stole the other shoes; he took this one shoe out, and was in the act of taking another - I ran out, and took him and Denham; the other ran off, but was pursued and taken. JOHN CLARK . I am an officer. I received the prisoners in charge. WILLIAM CLARK . I am an officer. I heard the cry of Stop thief! and Ewling, who was running, was stopped and given to me. McCLEW - GUILTY . Aged 14. EWLING - GUILTY . Aged 13. DENHAM - GUILTY . Aged 13. Transported for Seven Years . --------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 page 20/40. Euryalus. Nineteen arrived from Newgate, 19 Dec 1831. John McClew, age 14, Offence: Stg a shoe, tried at Middlesex, 1 Dec 1831, Life, NSW, Heroine, 30 Apr 1833. The prison hulk, the Euryalus, an ex-frigate of the Trafalgar fleet, was moored at Chatham. Over the twenty years that this hulk serviced juveniles, about 2,500 boys of fourteen and under passed through. There were also considerable numbers of older boys both in the juvenile hulk and distributed among the other hulks. From the Euryalus, boys were transported both to New South Wales and to Van Diemen’s Land.