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William Peck was transported on the Asia 1, departing 25th Jul 1827 and arriving 30th Nov 1827 with 154 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 241 (122) |
| 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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Indent: CON14-1-50 image 26. William Peck, 5ft 6 ¼. Red hair, hazel eyes, age 19, Groom and Footman, Can cook a plain dinner, pastry, soups, can dress poultry & game. Tried Surrey Assizes, 4 Aug 1825, Life, Native place, Bermondsey, single, protestant.
Tasmanian Records Conduct Record: CON31-1-34 image 160. No 455. William Peck, tried Surrey 4 Aug 1825, Life. M. is housekeeper at the Green Man, Tooley; U. Matthew Peck keeps the Swan Inn Old Brompton. I was groom for Mr Hindson, Kennington Common. Single Protestant. Conditional pardon, No 2243, 31 Dec 1839. Free Pardon No 53, 24 May 1842.
CROYDON, Aug. 9. William Peck, a youth of fifteen years old, was indicted for uttering, at St. George's, Southwark, a check purporting to be drawn by Thomas Closs, on Messrs. Weston, Young, and Bostock, for the payment of 101. is. 6d., knowing the same to be forged and counterfeit, with intent to defraud Thomas Crafter. It appeared that Mr Closs, the supposed drawer of the check in question, kept cash at. the house of Messrs. Weston and Co., bankers, in the borough of Southwark. On the 12th July, at nine in the evening, the prisoner went to the Bricklayer Arms, Kent-road, and said to Mr. Crafter the landlord, that he wanted a bottle of brandy for Mrs. Newsome, a lady who resided in the neighbourhood, and with whom he lived, and tendered the instrument in question. Mr. Crafter said he would have no objection to change the check if he got Mrs. Newsome to endorse it. The prisoner went away for about a quarter of an hour and returned with the check endorsed with the name of Mrs Newsome, and then he said he wanted two bottles of brandy. Mr. Crafter then gave the prisoner the change for the check, deducting the price of the two bottles of brandy. Suspecting that all was not right, he followed the prisoner to see if he went to Mrs. Newsome's house, but finding that he went past it, he stopped him and took him into custody. On searching his person, three other forged checks, purporting to be drawn on the same bank by different persons, and the money which had been paid him, were found in his pocket. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. Several respectable persons gave him an excellent character. He was the son of creditable parents. The Jury, under the learned Judge's directions; found him Guilty. He was strongly recommended to mercy by the Jury and the prosecutor, from a supposition that he was merely an instrument in the hand of some more designing person. Sentence of death was recorded. Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal, 13 Aug 1825. -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petition. Ref: HO 17/25/135. Prisoner name(s): William Peck. Prisoner details: Aged 15 years. Court and date of trial: Surrey Assizes, Summer 1825. Crime: Uttering a forged cheque. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): Mary Ann Peck of Grange Road, Bermondsey, widow, the prisoner's mother, undersigned by Thomas Crafter of Bricklayers Arms, Kent Road, the prosecutor, Richard Hinson of Willow Cottage, Kennington Common, the prisoner's former master, and 12 inhabitants of Bermondsey, testifying to his previous good character. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): This is the prisoner's first offence; his youth and inexperience made him 'the dupe of artful and designing persons'; he has a widowed mother and five younger siblings, one blind, to help support; the jury and prosecutor recommend mercy. Correspondence: Covering letter for petition from Edward Stanley, 9 James Place, Great Suffolk Street, Borough. Date of Petition, 1825 Aug.
The National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 Hulks at Chatham. Received: Eight from Horsemongers Lane, 10 Sep 1825. William Peck (1), age 15, Uttering a forged order for payment of money, Tried Croydon, 4 Aug 1825, Life. How disposed of: NSW, per Asia, 21 July 1827. (I am not sure which hulk this record applies to, (Not clear from the records) but suspect it was Euryalus, which is where the young offenders were sent) There was a second boy named William Peck, (7 year sentence) on the same hulk who was received a few months later, who then was transported on the Albion)