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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Samuel George Owens was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 404 |
| 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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National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-4_4. Woolwich hulks, Justitia, page 43. Received 21 March 1828 Saml. Geo. Owens, age 25, Uttg bad coin, Tried London Sess. 21 Feb 1828, 7 years, Transported 19 May 1828. ---------------------------------------------------- ADM 101/1/9. Medical Journal of the Albion, male convict ship from 9 May to 14 November, by Thomas Logan, surgeon and superintendent, Folios 2-3: 19 May 1828; twelve convicts were received from the hulk Ganymede, and sixty from the Justitia, they had all been examined previously to their coming on board the Albion. They all appeared to be healthy, were clean in their persons and dressed in a new suit of convict's clothes. Folio 3: case no 21; Samuel G Owen, convict, taken ill off the Nore; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; Put on sick list 22 May 1828, date of discharge unknown.
Old Bailey Online SAMUEL GEORGE OWENS. OWENS. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827), Miscellaneous; perverting justice. 21st February 1828. Text type Trial account Defendants SAMUEL GEORGE OWENS, OWENS Offences Theft > Simple larceny, Miscellaneous > Perverting justice Session Date 21st February 1828 Reference Number t18280221-299 Verdicts Guilty, Not guilty Punishments Transportation 777. SAMUEL GEORGE OWENS was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of January , 29 ozs. of bacon, value 1s. 9d.; 16 ozs. of butter, value 1s.; 5 eggs, value 6d.; 1 half-crown, 12 shillings, 4 sixpences, and 5 pence , the property of Thomas Raine ; and ELIZABETH (HIS WIFE) was indicted for feloniously inciting, ordering, procuring, &c. the said Samuel George Owens, the said felony to do and commit . THOMAS RAINE . I am a cheesemonger , and live in Houndsditch. On the 24th of January the prisoner Elizabeth came and ordered these articles to be sent to No. 18, Jewry-street, with change for a sovereign; I sent them - my boy brought back a bad sovereign, having left the articles, and the change. JOSEPH DYER . I am servant to Mr. Raine. I went with the articles and change to Jewry-street; just before I got to the house the male prisoner met me, and said,"Are you going to No. 18, Jewry-street?" I said Yes; he blowed me up for being so long; he said, "My master has sent me for the things - give them to me; have you brought change for a sovereign?" I said Yes - he gave me a sovereign, and said, "Go back and fetch 1lb. of Cheshire cheese;" I took back the same sovereign to master - he sounded it, and it was bad; I then went to No. 18, Jewry-street, and they knew nothing about it. WILLIAM RILEY . I am an officer. I received information, and took the male prisoner on the 2d, and on the 4th the woman came to see him - I detained her. S. G. OWENS - GUILTY . Aged 25. Transported for Seven Years . E. OWENS - NOT GUILTY .
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 for Samuel George Owens Bound Indentures 1827-1828. 5' 4" fair freckled complexion brown hair and eyes. Assigned to David Johnstone Georges River. Convicted of base coin
1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy) for Saml Geo Owens (NRS 1273) 1828 Census: Householders´ Returns Botany Bay Age 25 Protestant.