Convict George Porter - Convict Records

Summary

Born

Jan 1812

Conviction

Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)

Departure

Mar 1829

Arrival

Jul 1829

Death

Unknown

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Personal Information

Name: George Porter

Gender: Male

Born: 1st Jan 1812

Death: Unknown

Age at death: Unknown

Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)

Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery

Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 24th Mar 1829

Ship: Lady Harewood

Arrival: 28th Jul 1829

Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

George Porter was transported on the Lady Harewood, departing 24th Mar 1829 and arriving 28th Jul 1829 with 274 passengers.

Lady Harewood (generic)

References

Primary Source	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number H011/7, Page Number 18
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

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on 16th August 2025

Tried at the Old Bailey, 6 April 1826 781. GEORGE PORTER was indicted for stealing, on the 2d of April , 1 handkerchief, value 5s., the goods of John Kinnersley Hooper , from his person . JOHN KINNERSLEY HOOPER. I live at Queenhithe, and am a wine-merchant . I was in St. John-street, Clerkenwell , at a quarter before nine o'clock on the 2d of April, walking towards Smithfield, with a gentleman - I felt a hand in my pocket, and turned round, when I saw the prisoner with my handkerchief in his hand, which he immediately let drop - I took it up, and he ran away; we pursued, and never lost sight of him, after running two or three hundred yards, we took him. BENJAMIN PHILLIPS . I am an officer. I produce the property.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner. I leave myself to the mercy of the Court. GUILTY . Aged 14. Transported for Seven Years . ----------------------------------------------------------------- The National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 Hulks at Chatham. Euryalus Received: Twenty five from Newgate, 24 May 1826. George Porter, age 14, Stg from the person. Tried Middlesex, 6 April 1826, 7 years. How disposed of: VDL per Lady Harewood, 18 Mar 1829.