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William Norton was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 121 (62) |
| 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 NORTON. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 8th December 1790. Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM NORTON Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 8th December 1790 Reference Number t17901208-37 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 37. WILLIAM NORTON was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November last, a silver watch, value 18 s. a steel watch chain, value 2 d. and two metal seals, value 4 d. the property of James Forrester . JAMES FORRESTER sworn. I was servant to Mr. Ducarrel, at Margate, between four and five months, and at Ramsgate part of the time. I slept at the White Hart, Chancery-lane , on Monday night, when we came to town; it is a public house; a friend of mine keeps it; I went away in the morning, and left my watch on the bed; I did not miss it till I went to dress my master; he lodged at the King's Arms coffee-house, over Black Friar's Bridge; I slept there that night, my master having company; and on Wednesday morning I returned to the White Hart; then I made enquiry for my watch; and I went to the pawnbroker's, and found my watch at Mr. Wright's, in the Almonry, on the same day; the prisoner is a soldier in the first regiment, and was quartered in the house; I put the watch on the bed; I did not hang it up; I took it from under my pillow, and left it on the bed; I forgot it; the prisoner slept in the same room, but not in the same bed. JAMES KENDALL sworn. I am servant to Mr. Wright. I produce a watch which I received from the prisoner; he was a stranger to me; he brought it on Tuesday, the 9th of November, between one and two; I asked him who the watch belonged to? he said, to himself; I asked him where he bought it? he said, at Gainsborough, where he had worked some time ago; that is the place which is marked on the watch; he told me the maker's name and number; I lent him seventeen shillings and six-pence on it; he said his name was Thompson, and that he lived at No. 3, in Petty France; the prosecutor came and claimed it: (the watch produced and deposed to): a person came about two hours afterwards with the duplicate, and I desired to see the person that brought it, and he sent the prisoner in. WILLIAM MURRAY sworn. The prisoner is a soldier, and was quartered upon me; the prosecutor slept at my house that Monday night, and lost his watch; the prisoner slept in the same room with the prosecutor; I saw the prisoner and another soldier go up stairs to tie one another's hair; and they came down again directly, and went out, without tieing their hairs. Prisoner. Did not other people sleep in the room that night? - Yes, one William Alcock who collects land-tax for one of the wards in the city; and one Mr. Johnson slept in the same room; Johnson writes for Mr. Tancred, in Lincoln's-inn: the prisoner always behaved extremely well before this. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I never had the watch in my possession; a Jew offered me a shilling to go to get the watch; I did not pawn it at first. Court to Kendall. Are you positive to the person of the prisoner? - I am. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice BULLER.