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Voyage
Transportation
William Platt was transported on the Earl St Vincent, departing 29th Apr 1823 and arriving 9th Sep 1823 with 161 passengers.
Earl St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. NSW Convict Index. Moreton Bay Convict Register. NSW 1828 Census Index. |
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. William Platt, age on arrival, 24, Per Earl St Vincent, (3) 1823. Tried at Downpatrick Down Co., 1821, 7 years. Crime: Stealing wearing apparel. DOB 1799, Native place, Down Co. Trade, Cheese butter maker shepherd. Remarks: Brother Robert Platt arrived per Edward (2) 1831. -------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census index. William Platt, age 29, G.S. Earl St Vincent, 7 years, protestant, Stockman to the Estate of Darcy Wentworth, Esq. Illawarra district. ------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. William Platt, Earl St Vincent, 1823, Certificate of Freedom, 14 Feb 1829. No 29/0072. Convict Application to Marry. William Platt, Earl St Vincent, age 30, 7 year sentence, Free; and Mary Harcourt, per Princess Royal, age 21, Life sentence, Bond. Date of permission, 26 Oct 1829, Campbelltown, Revd. T. Reddall. -------------------------------------------------- Moreton Bay Convict Register. William Platt, per Earl St Vincent. Original conviction: Down Co, 25 Feb 1821, 7 years, Trade, Labourer. Colonial Sentence: Crim Ct. Sydney, 23 Feb 1830, Horse stealing, sentence, Seven years and hard labour, commuted from Death recorded. Returned to Sydney, 21 July 1837. Run 29 Aug 1832. Retd 19 March 1833. Description: Wm. Platt, age 30, native place, Belfast, 5 ft 5 ½, dark comp, brown hair, hazle eyes, Catholic. ----------------------------------------------- Supreme Court TUESDAY, FEB. 22. (Before Mr. Justice DOWLING ) William Platt, was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of the Executors of the late D'Arcy Wentworth, Esquire, at Illawarra on the 27th of December last. Guilty. - Death recorded. Sydney Gazette, 25 Feb 1830. ------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. William Platt, Earl St Vincent, 1823, Certificate of Freedom, 3 Aug 1837. No 37/0623. William Platt, Earl St Vincent, age 41, 7 year sentence, Free; and Caroline Cooke, age 22, came free, Free. Date of permission, 13 Oct 1842, Appin, Revd. H. D. D. Sparling.