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Voyage
Transportation
Enoch Portch was transported on the David Malcolm, departing 13th May 1845 and arriving 25th Aug 1845 with 221 passengers.
Built 1839 at Moulmein, India. Wood barque of 495 Tons.
David Malcolm (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 287 (145). NSW & Tas. Public Record Office, Tasmania, Pardons HO10/63. |
| 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
South West Heritage Trust, Somerset Archives & Local Studies: Somerset, England, Gaol Registers, Description Book 1841-1853, No.132: aged 18, Birth Place: Bradford, single, Admission Date: 9 Dec 1844 at Taunton, Somerset, England, Gaol: Wilton Gaol, Trade: Labourer Pardoned after 8 years and 11 months of a 15 year sentence. Death Place: Rosedale, Victoria, Registration Year: 1909, Registration No.3056, Father's name: Enoch Portch, Mother's name: Hannah Austin. Australian Cemetery Index: aged 79, Burial date: 18 March 1909, Rosedale Cemetery, Rosedale, Victoria
14th December 1844 - Bristol Mercury: George Suddery, 20 (previous convictions) John Love, 19 (previous convictions for larceny) Enoch Portch, 18 (previous convictions for larceny) were indicted for assaulting John Newman on the highway putting him in bodily fear and robbing him of a pair of trousers, a jacket and other articles. Mr Stone for the prosecuted. It appeared that the prosecutor who is a labouring man living on the boarders of Wiltshire and was proceeding home on the night of 26th October 1844 through Freshford Mill Lane, when he heard a noise in the orchard of a person named Gee - and on looking to ascertain the cause, saw three men lying under the hedge. He called out and asked what they were doing there when one of them answered “what is it to thee”. Then they came over the hedge and went on. He followed then to try and discover who they were and in a few moments Portch collared him and threw him in a ditch by the road side. The other two men came to his assistance and fell upon him and beat him, and one of the party took from him a bundle containing the property enumerated. He called for assistance from a man called Freeman and when that person came upon the men were pelting him with stones and potatoes. The principal question in the case was the identity of the persons. The persons were all found guilty, previous convictions preceded against them and the court ordered then transported for 15 years. The three men sailed to Australia - Hobart on the “David Malcolm” 13th May 1845.