Thomas Newman

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Maureen Withey on 14th March 2026

Absconded. 2. Newman Thomas, No. 28-1966, Albion, 27, Ploughman, Middlesex, 5 feet 1¾, hazle grey eyes, black hair, swarthy comp. from Mr. William Forsythe. Charged with robbery. Sydney Gazette, 29 March 1831.

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Tony Beale on 16th August 2021

Old Bailey Online (DOB from here) 414. THOMAS NEWMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of January , at Hanworth, 1 gelding, price 12l. , the property of Thomas Twyford . THOMAS TWYFORD. I am a farmer , and live at Harworth, in Middlesex , about ten miles from Uxbridge, but they are not in the same main road; it is across cross-roads. On Monday, the 7th of January, I had a bay gelding in my stable - I saw it safe between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, and about half-past eleven that night I was informed it was missing; the prisoner is a labourer, and lives near me, in the same village; I have only been there three quarters of a year - he worked about there - the last work he did was for a neighbour, close by my premises. I saw my gelding again, and am certain of it - the prisoner was not in my employ. JAMES WOOLMAN . I am a plough-boy, and had the care of this bay gelding; I racked him up at seven o'clock in the evening of the 7th of January - I tied him to the manger with a halter, and shut the door - it shuts with a latch; the horse could not open it; the stable opens into a farm-yard, and the yard gate was shut that evening; I did not miss the gelding till six o'clock the next morning - I saw it again afterwards, and knew it to be the same; the halter was also taken - the prisoner lived near my master. HENRY WICKERS . I live with Mr. Twyford. I went into the stable about eleven o'clock at night, and missed the gelding - I had been out with the cart. JOHN MARLING . I am a veterinary surgeon, and live at Uxbridge. On the morning of the 8th of January, at three o'clock, I was near the village of Cowley, with a friend; I had been to attend a sick horse. Cowley, I believe, is about nine mile from Hanworth, but I was never there - it is between Hanworth and Uxbridge. I saw the prisoner walking in the road - he passed by me; there was a gelding about forty yards from him - it was following him - he could see us before he came up to us, for twenty yards or more - the horse was following him; I took hold of the horse, overtook the prisoner, and asked if he knew any thing of the horse; he declared he had never seen it - there was no person whatever there but him. I asked where he was going: he said he was going home to Feltham (that is about a mile from Hanworth); he was going as if to Hanworth; I shewed the same horse to Twyford and his servants - they claimed it. MR. TWYFORD. The horse the witness showed me was mine, and the halter likewise. Prisoner. I was never in the road - I was walking on the footpath. JOHN MARLING . Yes, he was in the road when I first saw him; he came into the path. JOHN BAILEY GRANGE . I was with Marling, and saw the prisoner coming towards us - he was by the side of the road, not on the foot-path; when he saw us he came into the path, and we passed him; the horse was following him- there was no other person there; if there had been, I must have seen them; we went after him - he said he was going to Feltham; I saw the Magistrate sign this deposition - it was read over to the prisoner; he gave the name of Davidson before the Magistrate - (read) "Thomas Davidson voluntarily says, he has been out of work for a fortnight; he was walking about the country to get work - he left Thame yesterday at three o'clock, and was proceeding home to Feltham; walked all the way, went to Harrow, Watford, and Hertfordshire - applied at the farm-houses in the neighbourhood - came through Uxbridge at two o'clock this morning, and did not see the horse; worked last for Mr. Sherborne, of Bedfont, for five or six weeks, before that with Mr. Grace, of Hanwell, for six or seven months; his mother, Mary Davidson, lives at Feltham." Taken before me, this 8th of January, 1828, T. J. CLARKE. JAMES WOOLMAN re-examined. I had seen the prisoner at Hanworth, at four o'clock, the day before. GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 23.

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Maureen Withey on 2nd August 2019

Thomas Newman had a colonial sentence and was later sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement, where he died, and was buried. Moreton Bay reords: convicted 10 Jan 1828, for horse stealing, Middlesex Gaol Delivery, laborer. Colonial sentence. Sup. court Sydney, 14 Jun 1831, burglary, 14 yrs commuted from death recorded. Hospital, 20 July 1832. He was described as, age 28, native place, Middlesex, height, 5ft 2; dark complexion, black hair, hazle eyes. Moreton Bay Burial Records. Thomas Newman , convict, Albion , age 25, died 20 July 1832, buried 21 July 1832. Thomas King Thompson, and Thomas Newman, were jointly indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of William Forsyth, at Hunter's Rivers, on the 20th February. Both of the prisoners were found guilty, and sentence of death was recorded against them. Sydney Herald, 20 Jun 1831.