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John Mills was transported on the Calcutta, departing 31st Jan 1803 and arriving 4th Oct 1803 with 305 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
Calcutta (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 341 (170) Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 |
| 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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Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P006JPG Per Calcutta. John Mills, alias Pollard, Convicted at Middlesex. 2 Jun 1802, 7 years.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 05 March 2020), June 1802, trial of THOMAS SMITH THOMAS WILLIAMS , otherwise LONG JOHN MILLS , otherwise POLLARD (t18020602-75). THOMAS SMITH, THOMAS WILLIAMS, JOHN MILLS, Theft > grand larceny, 2nd June 1802. 493. THOMAS SMITH , THOMAS WILLIAMS , otherwise LONG , and JOHN MILLS , otherwise POLLARD , were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 9th of May , five planes, value 5s. a hand-saw, value 1s. 6d. a gouge, value 6d. two chisels, value 6d. and a turn-screw, value 1d. the property of John Masters . JOHN MASTERS sworn. - I am a carpenter , and lost the things, mentioned in the indictment, from a house where I was at work. THOMAS - sworn. - I am a conveyancer, and reside in Tottenham-place ; my apartment looks over these premises: On Sunday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, I observed Smith loitering about, and some time after the other two came up, with a bag, from the premises, which they took across the fields; about three o'clock in the afternoon, I observed the same boys about the same premises, and come out with a bag again; I went down to an officer, and told him my suspicious, we followed them, and took them to Bow-street, where they were searched, and on Williams the turnscrew was found, Smith had the bag. - PICKERING sworn. - I am a Bow-street patrol: I apprehended the prisoners, and searched them; on Williams there was found the turnscrew, and in the bag was the things mentioned in the indictment. (The articles produced and identified.) Smith's defence. Coming along the Duke of Bedford's brick fields, a bricklayer asked me to carry the bag for him. Williams's defence. I know no more of the affair than you do; I was coming along, and I picked up the turnscrew turning the corner of Tottenhamcourt-road. Mills's defence. He and me were taking a walk; I know no more of it than the child unborn. Smith, GUILTY, aged 22. Williams, GUILTY, aged 15. Mills, GUILTY, aged 11. Of stealing to the value of 1s. All three transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Graham .