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Transportation
Richard Rhodes was transported on the Midas, departing 7th Oct 1826 and arriving 15th Feb 1827 with 148 passengers.
Midas (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 91 (47) |
| 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
SHEEP STEALERS. The trial of William Brevitt, butcher, with Richard Rhodes and Adam Rhodes, for sheep stealing. occupied the most anxious attention the Court for several hours yesterday afternoon, and the ease was supported evidence so clear, as to leave doubt their guilt. The trial was one deep importance affecting the lives the prisoners, and considerable interest account of the respectable situation they filled in society. It appeared from the evidence of Samuel Bailey, butcher, residing at Wednesbury, about mile the prisoner Brevitt’s house, that the night Friday the 20th November last, having himself previously lost some cattle and suspecting the prisoner Brevitt, went a barn contiguous to Brevitt’s premises, for the purpose watching his proceedings. About half past one o’clock Saturday morning the three prisoners came past, driving seven sheep, which they first lifted over wall, and finally secured in his slaughterhouse. On seeing this, Bailey immediately went and called up Partridge, the constable of Darlaston, and accompanied him, went to Brevitt’s house; they knocked at the front door, and Brevitt’s wife appeared a chamber window: Partridge asked where Brevitt was - she replied in bed, but hearing a noise in the house, went round the back door, and found him coming out of the house partly being questioned as to the sheep in his slaughterhouse, made evasive reply; but upon being pressed, said, they came from Norton. Upon search, Richard Rhodes was found concealed in parlour, and Adam Rhodes was found hid in the hay rack in the stable. Mr. Masten, a highly respectable farmer, of Norton, near Cannock, and his man, proved the loss of eight sheep from field the farm in the night of Friday the 20th of November; and also, that the sheep round Brevitt's premises were seven of the eight lost. The Constable corroborated the first witness in several leading facts. For the defence, alibi was attempted. Verdict, guilty. Sentence not passed. Staffordshire Advertiser, 11 March 1826.
13/8/1827: Richard Rhodes, Midas, Butcher 26, Staffordshire, 5' 6 1/2" tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, fair pockpitted complexion absconded from Hyde Park Barracks. 1842: TOL Dist/Windsor. 1846: Recommended for Conditional Pardon. 30/9/1847: Condistional Pardon.