Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
James Richardson was transported on the Bangalore, departing 1st Jan 1850 and arriving 30th Apr 1850 with 302 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 166 |
| 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
c1826: Year of birth calculated from stated aged 23, in 1849 Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks. 27-Apr-1847: James Richardson, stocking maker, of Hawick, Roxburghshire, found guilty of the crime of theft. Tried at High Court, Jedburgh. Transportation - 7 years. [National Records of Scotland, High Court of Justiciary processes, JC26/1847/194] 30-Sep-1849: Detained on the Prison Hulk, Warrior, at Woolwich, London. [Great Britain Home Office & Australian Joint Copying Project & National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales & Great Britain Public Record Office., "Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks, 1849, (File 99-101. AJCP Reel No: 5206)", Warrior Convict Hulk at Woolwich, Page 115] 22-Dec-1849: Prisoners from hulks on the Thames River boarded onto the Ship Bangalore for transportation to Australia via Spithead. 1850: Ticket of Leave; District of Moreton Bay. 15-May-1850: Sentenced to 7 days solitary confinement for drunkenness. Brisbane. [The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), Page 2-3. - 25 May 1850] 6-NOV-1850: Ticket of Leave 50/0361; On the application of Mr Lawson. Queensland. [NSW Archives: Tickets of Leave Passports, 1835-1869, [4/4276; Reel 980] ]