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Transportation
John Osborn was transported on the John, departing 22nd May 1829 and arriving 13th Sep 1829 with 188 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 77 (41) |
| 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 Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 January 2021), February 1828, trial of HENRY GERRARD JOHN OSBORNE (t18280221-140). HENRY GERRARD, JOHN OSBORNE, Theft > pocketpicking, 21st February 1828. 624. HENRY GERRARD and JOHN OSBORNE were indicted for stealing, on the 27th of January , 1 handkerchief, value 3s., the goods of Mark McCormack , from his person . OSBORNE pleaded GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years . MARK McCORMACK. I was walking down St. Giles's . on the 27th January, about half-past six o'clock, or a quarter before seven in the evening. I felt something at my pocket; I turned round, and saw Osborne and the prisoner close together in the road. I laid hold of them both, and delivered them to the officer; the handkerchief was thrown down, and my wife took it up. ELIZABETH McCORMACK . I am the prosecutor's wife; I was walking with him, he suddenly! left my arm, and I saw him take hold of the prisoner and another boy in the road; I saw the prisoner throw the handkerchief down in the street: it is my husband's property. WILLIAM SUTTIE . I am an officer. I took the prisoner and produce the handkerchief.(Property produced and sworn to.) GERRARD'S Defence. I was walking by, and there were two boys at the gentleman's pocket; they took the handkerchief and gave it to me - I threw it down again, and the gentleman came and took me. GERRARD - GUILTY. Aged 15. Recommended to Mercy by the Prosecutor . Whipped and Discharged. -------------------------------------------------- Justicia Hulk Records, Woolwich. HO-9-4 4 page 43/51. Received 21 March 1828. John Osborn, age 15, Stg a Handkerchief, Middx Sessions, 21 Feb 1828, 7 years, sent to Euryalus 5 May 1828. --------------------------------------------------- The prison hulk, the Euryalus, an ex-frigate of the Trafalgar fleet, was moored at Chatham. Over the twenty years that this hulk serviced juveniles, about 2,500 boys of fourteen and under passed through. There were also considerable numbers of older boys both in the juvenile hulk and distributed among the other hulks. From the Euryalus, boys were transported both to New South Wales and to Van Diemen’s Land. -------------------------------------------------- Euryalus Hulk Records. HO-9-2 4 page 9/48. Received Eight from Justitia Hulk 5 May 1828. John Osbourn, age 15, Stg a Handkerchief, Middlesex 21 Feb 1828, 7 years, NSW per John, 19 May 1829. --------------------------------------------------- Convict Index, 1791-1873. John Osborne, per John, Ticket of Leave, District, Penrith; Tried, Bathurst. 53/32. John Osborne, per John 1829, Ticket of Leave, District, Scone; Tried, Col. Bath 1851. 54/147.