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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Napier was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 90 |
| 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
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120856772?searchTerm=New%20Year%20Riot TROVE. See article by Robert Willson, on the Tron Riots. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yesterday the following convicts were sent off from the tolbooth of this city, and were shipped at Leith for the hulks in the river Thames, where they will remain till sent off to. Botany viz .John Skelton, Alexander M'Donald, alias White, and Robert Gunn, for different acts of robbery on the streets of this city, the 31st December and Ist January, to transported for life. George Napier and John Grotto, for the same crimes. John Hogg for theft—and John Lindsay Crauford, and James Bradley, for forging deeds, each to be transported for 14 years. . Perthshire Courier, 30 April 1812.
George Napier, assigned to Wilson's Gang, absconded from Prisoners' Barracks, Hyde Park; he was recently returned from Newcastle, from which settlement he had formerly absented himself for a length of time. This old bush ranger is well known in the district of Liverpool and Castlereagh, is about 30 years of age, stout made, of dark complexion, is slightly pock-pitted, and arrived per ship Fortune 2d. Sydney Gazette, 16 Dec 1820
On 27 March 1812, subject George Napier along with John Grotto appeared at Edinburgh High Court on a libel of four assaults and robberies of persons during the Edinburgh Hogmanay Riots 1811/1812 - victims (1) Humphrey Cochrane; (2)Peter Bruce; (3) John Buchan Brodie; and (4) Nicol Allan. Napier pled guilty to robbery of Peter Bruce only and accepted by Crown. Both transported for 14 years. See Scots Magazine (1812) Vol.74, 249-250; and McGowan, John (2013) A New Civic Order: The contribution of the City of Edinburgh Police, 1805-1812, p 271, p 284 and p 314.