Joseph Milnthorpe

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1851 Census John Milthorpe 55 - Spinner Woolen Elizabeth Milthorpe 54 Joseph Milthorpe 20 - Wool Sorter Ann Milthorpe 16 - Dress Maker 1854 England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 Transcription Print transcription View image First name(s) Joseph Last name Milnthorpe Occupation Wool Sarter Age 22 Birth year 1832 Year 1854 Date 12 Jul 1854 Crime Assault Sentence duration 15 Place Portland Court York County - Source Registers Of Prisoners In The County Prisons Of Wakefield Series HO23 Piece number 16 Record set England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 Category Institutions & organisations Subcategory Prison registers Collections from Great Britain 1854 England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 Transcription Print transcription View image First name(s) Joseph Last name Milnthorpe Occupation - Age - Birth year - Year - Place - Court - Series PCOM2 Source Portland Prison, Dorset: governor's journals Piece number 357 Page number 403 Record set England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 Category Institutions & organisations Subcategory Prison registers Collections from Great Britain 1854 - Times - see attachment England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1854 about Joseph Milthorpe Name: Joseph Milthorpe Date of Trial: 12 Jul 1854 Trial Year: 1854 Location of Trial: Yorkshire - North Riding, England Sentence: Transportation Crime: See Image Date of Execution or Release: See Image Joseph Milthorpe - Assult with intent to rob together with another and attended with personal violence. - Transportation 15 years Humphery Sims - Robbery attended with personal violence. - Transportation 14 years Convict Ship Runnymede - arrived in Western Australia in 1856 This 720 ton ship was built in Sunderland in 1854. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Plymouth, England on June 15, 1856 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the seventeenth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 84 days and the Runnymede arrived in Fremantle on September 7, 1856 with 89 passengers and 248 convicts [Erickson]. William Burrows and Henry Edmonds were the captain and surgeon respectively. There were no deaths recorded on the convict shipping and description lists and 248 convict numbers were assigned for the voyage ranging from (3983 to 4230). Of the 89 passengers mentioned above, all 89 were pensioner guards and their families, the number being made up of 30 pensioner guards, 19 wives, 18 sons and 22 daughters. The comments field gives alternative names attributed to the various convicts, many of which are not only spelling variations, but alternative names used in later life or in subsequent re-convictions. The age quoted seems to refer to the age of the convict when he was taken to trial. Milnthorpe Joseph 3998 15y 25 York 12 07 1854 Assault with intent to rob with another with personal violence aka [Bonny Joe] Surname Christian Name(s) Reg No Occupation M/S Child Height Hair Eyes Face Complexion Build Reg No Distinguishing Marks Milnthorpe Joseph 3998 woolsorter S none 5' 6 3/4" brown dark brown round fresh middling stout 3998 None Humphery SIMS was Transported on the same ship. William ELLIS was Transported on the ship also, he said that Joseph MILTHORPE was the instigator of the robbery Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about Joseph Milnthorpe Name: Joseph Milnthorpe Vessel: Runnymede Convicted Date: 12 Jul 1854 Voyage Date: 11 Jun 1856 Colony: Western Australia Place of Conviction: Yorkshire, England Australian Convict Index, 1788-1868 about Joseph (Bonney Joe) Milnthorpe Name: Joseph (Bonney Joe) Milnthorpe Age: 1831 Year: 1854 Trial Place: York State: WA Status: U Ship: Runnymede Occupation: Woolsorter NAME: Joseph (Bonney Joe) Milnthorpe AGE: 23 BIRTH YEAR: 1831 ARRIVAL YEAR: 1854 ARRIVAL STATE: Western Australia TRIAL PLACE: York STATUS: U SHIP: Runnymede OCCUPATION: Woolsorter Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 NAME: Joseph Milnthorpe BIRTH YEAR: 1831 AGE: 25 DATE: 7 Sep 1856 RECORD TYPE: Convict Department REEL NUMBER: FCN42 REFERENCE NUMBER: ACC 128/40-43 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 NAME: Joseph Milnthorpe BIRTH YEAR: 1834 AGE: 22 DATE: 11 Sep 1856 RECORD TYPE: Convict Department, Registers REFERENCE NUMBER: ACC 1156/R19 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 NAME: Jos Milnthorpe DATE: 12 Jul 1858 RECORD TYPE: Convict Establishment, Receipts and Discharges REFERENCE NUMBER: ACC 1156/R&D1-R&D2 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 NAME: Jos Milnthorpe DATE: 13 Jul 1858 RECORD TYPE: Convict Establishment, Receipts and Discharges REFERENCE NUMBER: ACC 1156/R&D1-R&D2 There are also several newspaper articles relating to the incident.