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Transportation
William Price was transported on the General Hewett, departing 31st Jul 1813 and arriving 7th Feb 1814 with 301 passengers.
The Windham and General Hewett left England the 24th of August, in convoy with the Wansted, Capt. Moore, who sailed from hence last Thursday for Batavia; the General Hewett arrived at Rio the 17th of November, and sailed again the 2d of December. Together with the military detachments, she received on board for this Settlement 300 male prisoners, of whom we are sorry to report the death of 35, whose names we shall endeavour to procure an account of, and publish in the next Gazette, for the information of their friends and families in Great Britain. Sydney Gazette, Sat 12 Feb 1814.
General HewettReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 121 (62) |
| 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
Old Bailey Online WILLIAM PRICE. JOHN BROWN. Theft; animal theft. 13th January 1813 Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM PRICE, JOHN BROWN Offences Theft > Animal theft Session Date 13th January 1813 Reference Number t18130113-13 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 141. WILLIAM PRICE and JOHN BROWN, alias HOLDER , were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 27th of December , twelve hen fowls, value 24 s. and a cock fowl, value 6 s. the property of Jacob Hans Busk . - ISLES. I am a patrol at Hackney. On the morning of the 27th, I met with the two prisoners in Hare-street, Hackney. They were coming towards London. They had each of them a bundle. I asked them, what they had got. They said, it was their own property: they had bought it at Woodford. I took them to the watchhouse. I examined what the propety was. One bundle contained nine fowls, and the other four. JOHN GARDENER . I am the beadle. The prisoners and the fowls were brought to me. GEORGE ISLES . I am servant to Mr. Busk. On the 27th of December, in the morning, I found my master's hen-roost had been robbed, and in consequence of information I went to the cage, at Hackney. I saw the fowls there. There were thirteen fowls in all. These are the heads. I can swear to every one of them. I fed them. JACOB HANS BUSK . I know the fowls perfectly well. I am sure they are mine. I have a country house at Chingford, in Essex . The prisoner, John Holder , had been a servant to me. I discharged him about two years ago. Price's Defence. We bought the fowls at two and sixpence a head, not knowing they had been stolen. Brown's Defence. I lived with Mr. Busk. I was discharged without a character. I worked in the summer at hay making. In the winter I could get nothing to do. I had pawned almost every thing. PRICE, GUILTY , aged 25. BROWN, GUILTY , aged 36. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.
Convict Index, 1791-1873. William Price, General Hewitt, 1814, Absolute Pardon, 22 Apr 1816.