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Transportation
James Pleasants was transported on the Shipley, departing 20th Dec 1816 and arriving 24th Apr 1817 with 125 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 321 (162) |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. PLEASANTS, James. Per "Shipley", 1817 1817 May 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Shipley" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.129) 1824 Jan 12 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.103, 460-1) ---------------------------------------- 12 Jan 1824. On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" James Pleasants, tried by Bench at Sydney 3 Jan 1824, Sentence: remainder of original sentence at Port Macquarie. Labourer. Per Shipley (1) Original Conviction: Suffolk, 8 Aug 1816, Life.
The report stars by listing a number of cases of arson across th ecounty... Many persons under very suspicious circumstances were taken into custody, but no positive discovery had been made until Friday evening last, when a boy, suspected of being concerned in setting fire to his master's (Mr. Bradley's) barn at Lawshall, and committed for further examination, made a voluntary confession in the gaol to J. Benjafield, Esq. that he was the sole perpetrator of that act ; and on further examination on Saturday, in the presence of Dr. Ord, Mr. Benjafield, Mr. Singleton, Rev. R. Davers, N. Colvile, and P. Lathbury, (all Magistrates for the County) he repeated his confession, upon which he was fully committed for trial, by the Rev. Dr. Ord and John Benjafield, Esq. The boy, whose name is James Pleasants, is but little more than 13 years old — a sad instance of early depravity! Bury and Norwich Post, 22 May 1816. -------------------------------------------------- It appears, that four prisoners were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death ; viz. James Pleasants and Joseph Bugg, for arson, wilfully setting fire to barns and outbuildings at Lawshall and Martlesham, and George Young and George Edwards, for uttering two resemblances of 5/. Bank of England notes, knowing the same to be counterfeited and forged. ... Suffolk Chronicle, 17 Aug 1816. ---------------------------------------------------- On Monday seven male convicts were removed from Bury Gaol to be put on board the hulks at Portsmouth; viz. James Gleed, James Eighteen, Wm. Simpson, and Robt. Simpson, to be transported for seven years; and Geo. Young, Geo. Edwards, and James Pleasants (the boy convicted of setting Mr. Bradley’s premises, at Lawshall) transported for life. Suffolk Chronicle, 12 October 1816.
Hulk Reports. HO-9-8-4 page 34/52. Received from Bury St Edmunds, October 8 1816. James Pleasants, age 15, arson, tried 8 Aug 1816, Bury St Edmunds, Life, NSW 3 Dec 1816. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Index, 1791-1873. James Pleasant, per Shipley 1817, Ticket of Leave Passport, 13 Nov 1848, Remarks: Ticket of Leave 46/0485; On the recommendation of Maitland Bench.