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Transportation
William Newton was transported on the Perseus And Coromandel, departing 31st Dec 1801 and arriving 14th Aug 1802 with 254 passengers.
Perseus And Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 307 (153) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online WILLIAM NEWTON. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 10th January 1798 Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM NEWTON Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 10th January 1798 Reference Number t17980110-25 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 90. WILLIAM NEWTON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 20th of December , eight sheets of copper, containing 49lbs. weight, value 30s. the property of David Crombie , and Joseph Longbottom .(The case was opened by Mr. Ward. JAMES TAYLOR sworn. - Examined by Mr. Ward. I am foreman to Messrs. David Crombie , and Joseph Longbottom : On the 20th of December, I received into our warehouse, 200 sheets of new copper; I locked up the warehouse between six and seven o'clock, with all the copper safe in it; about ten o'clock at night, I was called up by the watchman, I went to the watch-house first, and then I went to the accompting-house and examined it, and found the box of the lock broke off, and sixteen sheets of copper gone. JOHN VINCENT sworn. - Examined by Mr. Ward. I am a watchman of Ratcliff; on the evening of the 20th of December last, I apprehended the prisoner about ten o'clock, coming up some steps from a yard adjoining to Messrs. Crombie's dock; I asked him what he had got there, he said he had got a few pieces of copper; I asked him where he had got them, he said, he had got them on board a ship in the dock; I desired him to put it down, and let me see what it was, he laid it down in the street, and I stopped him and the copper, and with another watchman, took him to the watch-house. ABRAHAM FORRELL sworn. - I received this copper from the last witness, I have had it ever since. Did you promise him any favour if he confessed? - A. No, I did not. Q.Nor threatened him? - A. No; he said he had taken it from a ship in the dock; I went down to examine the premises, and found them broke open; I went back, and asked him, how he came to do it, he said, he did it through need, he said, he was the person, and he alone that did it. (The copper produced). Taylor. This is our copper, there is 22 marked at the corner of each sheet, all the 200 are marked 22. The prisoner did not say any thing in his defence. GUILTY (Aged 20.) Transported for seven years .