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Crime
Transportation
Joseph Quintrall 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 233 (118) |
| 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: QUINTRALL, Joseph; inmate #4616, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1839 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Farm labourer Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Bodmin, Cornwall, England Crime: Burglary & wounding with intent Sentence Period: 15 years, commuted Ticket of Leave Date: 8 Nov 1859 Conditional Pardon Date: 8 Sep 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
8 September, 1857: Sent to board the convict transport ship Nile for WA (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858). --00--
30 March, 1857: Portsmouth -- inmate #3804; single, 17 (when convicted), miner, Protestant; born about 1838. Next of kin his father -- James Quintrall, farmer, Camborn/e, Cornwall (Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire: Registers of Prisoners, Nos. 2901-4940). --00--
8 July, 1856: Pentonville -- inmate #6817; 17, single, miner; served 8 months 21 days in separate confinement; behaviour "good" (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1854-1856). --0--
27 May, 1856: Millbank -- inmate #2695; 17, single, illiterate, no previous conviction. Served 1 month 11 days in separate confinement; behaviour "good" (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners to 1885). --0--
JAILS: 4 September, 1855: Hampshire -- held awaiting trial. 23 March, 1856: Bodmin -- served 2 months 4 days in association with other prisoners; behaviour "very bad". --0--
Newspaper report of his trial: From the 'Daily News', March 28, 1856, p.6: "Western Circuit Bodmin, March 26 CROWN COURT - DARING BURGLARY Joseph Quintall, 16, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of William Shakerly, at Camborne on the 25th June last, and stealing a chair covering and also with cutting and stabbing, the said William Shakerly with intent to do him some bodily harm. Some excitement was produced in court by the youthful appearance of the prisoner who was charged with such a serious offence. It appeared that on the night of 25th June, prosecutor was aroused from his slumbers by a noise he heard in the house. On going down stairs he saw the prisoner coming towards him with a lighted candle. Prosecutor caught hold of him, and there was a struggle between them. On a light being brought, prosecutor took the prisoner into a room, who then snapped a pistol at him , but which did not go off. Prosecutor screamed “Murder,” when prisoner attacked him with a knife, and inflicted several severe wounds upon him. The prisoner was eventually secured, when he said he had broken into the house to get money. On the prisoner was found two pistols loaded with small shot and a knife. Prisoner had entered by the warehouse window in front of the premises. There was considerable quantity of blood on the floor of the room. Guilty. Death recorded, but which simply implied imprisonment during her Majesty’s pleasure. The prisoner had escaped from custody on a previous charge. (http://www.perthdps.com/convicts/w4616.htm) --00--
COMMITTAL & TRIAL: 4 September, 1855: Camborne, Cornwall -- committed to stand trial for burglary etc. 22 March, 1856: Tried and convicted at Bodmin Assizes and sentenced to death, commuted to 15 years, for burglary and wounding with intent to do some bodily harm, and stealing a chair cover. --0--