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Transportation
John Pearce was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
Indian (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 20 |
| 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
HO-11-2. Indents, Early Convict Ships Indian John Pearce, Tried Surrey Ass. 28 Mar 1810, Life John Moore, Tried Surrey Ass. 28 Mar 1810, Life. ---------------------------------------------------------------- SURREY ASSIZES, John Pearce, for horse stealing, ... were cast for death. — Judge Lath passed sentence on them. British Mercury, 4 April 1810.
Information is received from Newcastle of the piratical capture of the Speedwell, a schooner of about 21 tons burthen, Patten master, on the night of the 7th instant, by four desperadoes, whose names are Burridge, Styles, Scarr, and Pearce. The report states that the night was a continued heavy rain ; and that about midnight the master was awakened by one of the ruffians, who requested in the name of the Commandant, the loan of a grapnel, for the purpose of mooring a boat off; which the master went down the hold to procure, and was there secured after a struggle, in the course of which he received several blows on the head. The wife of the master being on board, and a seaman, who was asleep in the forecastle, they were both secured, and the wind favouring the audacious attack, the vessel was taken out of the harbour without the slightest alarm reaching the shore nor was she discerned till at the very mouth of the river; when the people on board the Governor Hunter, which had been that day launched from the beach she had some time before grounded on, saw her beating about, and concluded she had got adrift, and was endeavouring to work in ; so that as it continued to rain very hard, no further notice was taken of her. The Governor Hunter's boat had been missed the same night from alongside, and it proved afterwards that she had been stolen by these depredators, and was employed in the capture, but given up to the three persons whom they made prisoners, to return with it to the settlement. On board the vessel was a month's provisions, and about sixty gallons of water; which may enable them for a short time to subsist, but they have no boat with them, and consequently can procure no supply of necessaries without the utmost risque to the vessel and their own lives ; and this, as has been the case with every former attempt of the kind, may be counted on as the certain destruction of those who have been rash enough to engage in it. (Sydney Gazette 23 Apr 1814, p. 2.)
Names of Convict Pirates, who cut out the Speedwell Sloop on the Night of the 7th April, 1814; viz. Jos. Burrige, by Gen. Hewett — Edw. Scarr, Adm. Gambier — Herbert Styles, Brig Eagle, from lndia — John Pearce, Indian. Any Person or Persons harbouring, concealing, or maintaining any of the said Absentees, will be prosecuted for the Offence. WM. HUTCHINSON, Principal Superintendant. Sydney Gazette, 21 May 1814.