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Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Morria was transported on the England, departing 31st Mar 1832 and arriving 18th Jul 1832 with 200 passengers.
England (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 293 (147) |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: A notation on his VDL record says "Reconvicted Adelaide as John Morris" but it gives no date. In March 1843, a John Morris, aged 22, appeared in the Supreme Court in Adelaide charged with "stealing certain bank notes, the property of Thomas Jones, in December 1842, at Adelaide" (see the Southern Australian, Friday 10 March 1843, p2). On 11 March, the South Australian Register, p3, reported that John Morris had allegedly tried to steal money from a man in Wheland's Hotel. The man, a whaler, had a roll of notes in his hand and was about to draw out one to be changed when Morris allegedly grabbed at the roll "leaving part of the notes torn in the hand of the prosecutor and carrying the other parts away". Witnesses testified to Morris's running away. He was found guilty. The report continued: "On sentence of ten years' transportation being pronounced, the prisoner who appears to be a noted ruffian said 'you might as well have given me for life'... and he prayed that the judge's 'bloody breath might leave his body before he quitted the bench'."
1835: By this time, he was at Port Arthur where he remained until at least the end of 1836. 1838, 14 November: He was granted a Ticket of Leave (ToL). It was revoked after on 17 December after he represented himself as "free" while out after hours. 1840, 24 February: He was granted another ToL. 1840: Joseph Morria received his Free Certificate (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON32-1-1$init=CON32-1-1p305).
1832:On arrival in VDL, he was listed as "a boy", aged 16. 1834, 20 January: He was committed for trial for stealing flour and other articles. 1834, 29 March: He was convicted at the Quarter Sessions and his original sentence was extended by 3 years (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-30$init=CON31-1-30p100).
1830, 16 December: Joseph Morria, 15, was tried at the Old Bailey: "1817. JOSEPH MORRIA was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of September, 1 till, value 6d., and 5 shillings, the property of Sophia Miller. SOPHIA MILLER. I keep an oil-shop in Spa-fields. Last Friday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, I was in the back parlour, and heard a noise of money; I went into the shop, and saw the prisoner going out with the till in his hand - it had 5s. and some halfpence in it; I am quite sure he is the boy. WILLIAM HAYNES. I am a shoemaker. I heard the cry of Stop thief! I saw the prosecutrix picking up the till - she said the boy had run down the walk; I ran and caught the prisoner. WILLIAM MARCH. I took the prisoner. GUILTY. Aged 15. - Transported for Seven Years (see oldbaileyonline.org).