Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Edward Mitchell was transported on the Bangalore, departing 1st Jan 1850 and arriving 30th Apr 1850 with 302 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 158 |
| 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
Prisoner convicted at the Supreme Court-Hobart Town. Edward Mitchell, transported as Makin, per Bangalore, F.S. Offence Robbery from the person, sentence-10 years. Tasmania Police Gazette, 10th Feb 1871, p29.
c1826: Stated aged 23, in 1849 Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks. 29-Jun-1846: Indicted for stealing a watch from a person. Sentence 10 years of transportation. [Great Britain Home Office & Australian Joint Copying Project & National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales & Great Britain Public Record Office., "Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks, 1849, (File 99-101. AJCP Reel No: 5206)", Warrior Convict Hulk at Woolwich, Page 113. - 30 September 1849] 30-Sep-1849: Detained on the Prison Hulk, Warrior, at Woolwich, London. 1850: Ticket of Leave District: Moreton Bay; Tried: Staff. [NSW Archives: Ticket of leave butts, NRS-12202 Series Date Range 31-03-1827 to 13-12-1875, [4/4223; Reel 964] 22-Aug-1851: Ticket of Leave cancelled for being absent from District. Illegally at large, Queensland. Prin. Sup, of Convicts' Office Sydney, 22nd August, 1851. THE undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown, holding tickets of leave, being absent from their Districts, are illegally at large. Their tickets of leave are cancelled :- Edward Mitchell, Bangalore, 28, Staffordshire, laborer, 5 feet | inches, sallow comp., sandy brown hair, hazel eyes, lost two front teeth upper jaw, and one decayed in same, two hairy moles on left cheek, one on the right and two on the left jaw, collar bones prominent, dark mole on lower left arm, blue dot left forefinger ; from ticket of leave, Moreton Bay, since May, 1851. [New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), [Issue No.96] Page 1375] 16-Feb-1852: Ticket of Leave 50/0275; On the recommendation of Commissioner of Crown Lands. [NSW Archives: Tickets of Leave Passports, 1835-1869, [4/4278; Reel 980] ]