Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Herbert Owen was transported on the Exmouth, departing 3rd Mar 1831 and arriving 28th Jul 1831 with 291 passengers.
Exmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 24 |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed Herbert Owen yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Herbert Owen.
Convict Notes
Absconded. Owen Herbert, Exmouth, 53, Carnarvonshire, top sawyer and woodman, 5 feet 7 ¾ inches, ruddy comp., light brown hair, brown eyes, perpendicular scar over right eye, scar on nose, scar on right side of chin, from custody of a Constable, Singleton, since 23rd March, 1841. NSW Govt Gazette, 6 Aug 1847.
Denbighshire Great Sessions. —There were only five prisoners for trial, one of whom, Herbert Owen, was indicted for burglary in the dwelling-house of John Parry, on the of April last, and stealing thereout a ham value four shillings This offence was committed under circumstances of great aggravation. The prosecutor an infirm old man, who who resides near Abergele, and about one o'clock in the morning the prisoner came to his house and demanded 5/. or he would set the house fire. replied that he had no money, upon which the prisoner burst open the door, blew out a candle which was lighted, knocked the prosecutor down and beat him so severely, that the blood flowed from his head, and his collar bone was broken. The poor man and his wife and child took refuge outhouse, and remained there until the prisoner left the house, taking a ham with him. Sarah Williams, the servant of the prosecutor, escaped by the hack door, and ran across the snow to Abergele to give the alarm, and get assistance. Two men named John and Esau Williams, who came to the prosecutor's house in consequence, traced the prisoner by his footsteps through the snow, and saw him throw away the ham. The jury found him guilty and he having been previously sentenced to transportation, (the period of which expired only few days before he committed this offence), the learned judge passed sentence of death upon him, without the least hope of mercy. Hereford Journal, 8 Sept 1830.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 17th Dec. 1833. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS it has been represented to the Government that Herbert Owen, per " Exmouth" a runaway prisoner of the Crown, continues at large in the district of Hunter's River, and is suspected of being the individual who committed an outrage on an Aboriginal Native at Glendon, on the night of the 29th of November last. Notice is hereby given, that the above reward of £20 will be paid to any person or persons who may apprehend and lodge the said Herbert Owen in any of his Majesty's Jails. Herbert Owen, per " Exmouth," 33 years age, 5 feet 7¾ inches in height, ruddy complexion, light brown hair, brown eyes; has a perpendicular scar over right eye, scar on the nose, and scar on the right side of chin. By His Excellency's command, ALEXANDER M'LEAY. Sydney Herald. 23 Dec 1833.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Annotated Printed Indentures. Exmouth. 28 July 1831. Name; Herbert Owen No; 31 - 1314 . 32 Age; 23 Est Date of Birth; 1807 . Married; 1 male and 1 female child Occupation; Top sawyer and woodman Offence; Housebreaking Trial; 18 August 1830. Sentence; Life Remarks; Served 6 years at Deptford ----------------------