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Crime
Transportation
James Norris was transported on the Asia 1, departing 19th Nov 1827 and arriving 13th Mar 1828 with 102 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 305 (154) |
| 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
NSW Marriage Registration 4417/1845, James Norris and Euphemia M B Frazer, JC district. (Presbyterian, Wollongong) NSW Birth Registrations Births of children of James and Euphemia Norris 1846, John T Norris, NW district. 1848, Mary Norris, NW district. 1851, William Norris, JC district. 1855, James Norris, JC district. 1858, Euphemia Norris, Shoalhaven district. 1860, Hugh Norris, Shoalhaven district. 1862, Rachel Norris, Shoalhaven district.
NSW Convict Index. James Norris, per Asia, 1828, Ticket of Leave, No 37/284. District, Illawarra; Tried MGD. James Norris, per Asia (6) Recommended Conditional Pardon, 1844. Recommended by Alexander Berry; K. Mackenzie; D W Irving; P Plunkett, JP; J Osborne, JP. James Norris, per Asia,1828, Conditional Pardon, 1 Feb 1845, No 45/181.
The National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 Hulks at Chatham. Received: Nine from the Justitia, 25 Oct 1825. James Norris, age 11, CR. Stg in a dwelling house, Tried Middlesex, 30 June 1825, Life. How disposed of: NSW, per Asia, 9 Nov 1827. Trial at the Old Bailey, 30 June 1825. Before Mr. Justice Burrough. 1176. JAMESÂ NORRISÂ was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Sarah Macdonnell, widow, about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th of June, at St. Mary, Islington (she and others therein being), and stealing therein forty-three silver thimbles, value 50 s., her property. SARAH MACDONNELL. I am a widow, and rent a house in the parish of St. Mary, Islington. On the afternoon of the 18th of June I was at home with my son and daughter - my shop window was cut or broken, and about sixty silver thimbles taken out; I saw them safe about two o'clock; they were brought back to me about four - I knew them to be mine; they are worth 1 s. each. WILLIAM COOPER. On the 18th of June I was on Islington-green, near Mrs. Macdonnell's house - I saw the prisoner and two other boys come across the green; they went close up to Mrs. Macdonnell's shop; the prisoner and one of the others came back about twenty yards from the shop; the other remained there. I saw the boy who stopped behind come from the shop in two or three minutes, and give the prisoner something; they all went towards the turnpike; they ran part of the way. I lost sight of them. CHARLES JAMES MARTIN MACDONNELL . I was sitting in my mother's parlour, and saw the prisoner in company with another boy, lurking about the shop window, before the robbery; and in a quarter of an hour my mother complained of being robbed; I went in pursuit to the Angel and down towards the bridge, in the City-road. and saw three boys running with great rapidity; I watched them some distance, and saw the prisoner, who was one of them, throw something white up in his hand, and catch it again, but I could not see what it was; he was not running then: I crossed the road, and heard the prisoner say something about cutting the glaze; I immediately seized him, and gave him in charge of Cope. THOMAS COPE . I am a street-keeper. I took him in charge, and found forty-three thimbles in his right-hand trowsers pocket, and in his left two knives and a scraper, which, I believe, is used to drag things out of a window. (Property produced and sworn to.) ELIZABETH WHEELER . I was standing at the bottom of a court, and saw three boys at the prosecutrix's window - two went away, and the shortest kept at the window; I saw him run away, and give something to the prisoner, who was about a dozen yards off. Prisoner's Defence. I was going to bathe, and met two boys, who gave me the thimbles to mind for them - I said I would take them to a public-house. GUILTY - DEATH. Aged 11. Recommended to Mercy .
Aged 52 years as stated on death certificate. 36 Years in colony. Died Broughton Creek. NSW. Married Euphemia McDonald Fraser. Marriage date 10 August 1845. Marriage place. Coolangatta Shoalhaven. Father William Norris. Father's occupation. Goldsmith. Initially sentenced to death.