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Transportation
Thomas Plimmer was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 244. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Staffordshire; 1854. |
| 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
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: PLIMMER, Thomas; #4652, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: PLUMMER Date of Birth: 1817 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Farm labourer Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Stafford, Stafford, England Crime: Bestiality Sentence Period: 15 years, commuted Ticket of Leave Date: 17 Feb 1860 Conditional Pardon Date: 4 Oct 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
3 March, 1857: Thomas Plimmer was received at Chatham, from Dartmoor, prisoner #759 (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners to 1885). Chatham was a public works prison for male convicts, east of London at St Mary’s Island, in Kent (https://www.prisonhistory.org). On the record of “male transports” from Chatham per Nile to WA he was listed as 37 and single; his behaviour in separate confinement was listed as "indifferent" and in public works jails as "bad" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --00--
6 May, 1855: Thomas Plimmer was transferred to Dartmoor prison, in Princetown, Devon, as an invalid. Dartmoor had reopened as a male convict public works prison in November 1850 but within five years it became reserved for less able-bodied convicts. In 1885, it was selected to receive male convicts for their probationary stage; that is, separate confinement (https://www.prisonhistory.org). --0--
20 December, 1854: Thomas Plimmer was admitted to Portsmouth jail, a convict public works prison in Hampshire. Prisoner #2217, he was 37, single, a labourer and Church of England; he was convicted for bestiality, having been committed for trial at Stoke Upon Trent on 5 August 1853. Next of kin -- Melisent Plimmer, Honey Trail, Stoke Upon Trent (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portsmouth Prison; Register of Prisoners to 1880). --0--
11 October, 1854: He was transferred to the prison hulk "Defence" at Portsmouth. On plans for abolition being made in 1855, prisoners began to be sent to Chatham Convict Prison. However, a fire which destroyed the hulk in 1856 meant that the remaining convicts had to be dispatched to a temporary prison requisitioned from the navy at Lewes. The destruction of the Defence brought the convict hulk establishment in England to a close (https://www.prisonhistory.org/). --0--
JAILS: 1853-1854: Thomas Plimmer served 11 months 10 days in separate confinement at Stafford gaol. --0-- 17 July, 1854: He was admitted to Wakefield Gaol, also called Wakefield House of Correction, Wakefield County Gaol, Wakefield Prison and HMP Wakefield, where he spent 2 months 23 days in separate confinement. --0--
TRIAL: 1 March, 1854: Thomas Plimmer, case #4, was tried at the Stafford Assizes, convicted and sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for 15 years for bestiality (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Staffordshire; 1854). --0--