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Transportation
John Richardson was transported on the Earl Spencer, departing 30th Apr 1813 and arriving 9th Oct 1813 with 203 passengers.
Built 1803, London - Thames, 672 ton required 56 crew and mounted with 16 guns.
Earl Spencer (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 96 |
| 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
NSW Convict Index. John Richardson, per Earl Spencer, Ticket of Leave, No 27/532. John Richardson, per Earl Spencer, Ticket of Leave, No 32/432. district, Windsor; Born London; Trade, Carver/gilder; Tried, London GD. John Richardson, per Earl Spencer, Recommended Conditional Pardon, 19 Oct 1831. John Richardson, per Earl Spencer, Conditional Pardon, 6 Apr 1833, No 95.
NSW 1828 Census Index. John Richardson, age 55, T.L. Earl Spencer, 1813, Shoemaker, Lodger, Paul Bushels, Wilberforce district.
Colonial Secretary Index. RICHARDSON, John. Per "Earl Spencer", 1813; gilder 1813 Oct 14 On list of convicts disembarked from "Earl Spencer" & forwarded to William Cox at Windsor for distribution (Reel 6002; 4/3491 p.560)
Tried at the Old Bailey, 13 May 1812. 467. JOHNÂ RICHARDSONÂ was indicted for feloniously making an assault in the king's highway, upon Richard Beech , on the 24th of April , putting him in fear and feloniously taking from his person, and against his will, a silver watch, value 3 l. a metal seal, value 1 s. and a metal key, value 6 d. and a piece of ribbon, value 1 d. his property . RICHARD BEECH . I am a cooper , I live at 56, Maid-lane, in the Borough; I am a lodger. Q. Were you near Blackfriars Bridge on the 24th of April - A. Yes. I was at the corner of William-street about two o'clock in the morning. I had been spending my evening with a friend; I was returning home. Q. Were you intoxicated - A. No, not at all; I had been to a private house. Q. Where had you been spending your evening with your friends - A. At Sir William Grant 's, the Master of the Rolls; I was acquainted with the servants. Q. What happened to you when you got to the corner of William-street - A. Five or six men got hold of me, and the prisoner had hold of my watch ribbon, and when he pulled my watch out, he fell back on the pavement with the force of the pull. Q. You were surrounded by five or six men - A. Yes; it was a moonshiny morning, very light; my arms were pinioned by some of them, and the prisoner pulled at my watch. Q. Look at him; are you sure that he was the man that was pulling at your watch - A. Yes, I am positive that he is the man. Q. How long was he before he was able to get the watch out of your fob. Did you lay hold of your watch - A. Yes, I clapped both my hands to my watch, to prevent it going from me. Q. How long do you think the struggle might continue before he was able to wrench it from your person - A. From three to five minutes; and, by the violence of the pull, when he did get it out, he fell backwards. Q. Did the people still continue to pinion your arms - A. No; as soon as the watch went I received a blow on my face; it did not knock me down; the prisoner got up and ran away, and I after him, and cried out watch. Q. Which way did the prisoner run - A. Down William-street, along King Edward street, and when I got into King Edward street, he ran into Bridge-street again. Q. Was he out of your sight at all - A. No. I pursued him, and cried out watch, and a fireman stopped him in Bridge-street. I was nearer to him then than I am now; I never lost sight of him at all. Q. Have you the least doubt that he is the man that pulled your watch out at the time that the others pinioned your arms - A. I have no doubt but that he is the man. Q. What became of the rest of the company - A. I pursued the prisoner, they dispersed. Q. What is the name of the fireman that stopped him - A. Joseph Gardner . My watch was brought to me directly by the man that picked it up. Q. Was it whole and entire - A. No, the case was gone and the glass was broke. I have never seen the case again. Q. What sort of a watch was it - A. A silver watch, capped and jewelled; a metal seal to it, and a ribbon. When the prisoner was stopped I came up immediately, and gave charge of him. I said, that is the man that has got my watch; he said he had not got the watch, and offered to strip himself, and he ran from the fireman across the road. Q. How did he get from the fireman - A. I believe he offered to pull his coat off to be searched, and when he was released to pull his coat off, he started from the fireman; he ran across the road, they overtook him. Prisoner. I would wish to ask him whether I am not an innocent man - A. No. I swear to your doing this fact. JOSEPH GARDNER . I am a fireman. I was in Bridge-street upon this morning. I was going to fetch an engine for a fire at Ratcliffe. I heard the cry of watch. I saw the prisoner in Bridge-street. I do not know exactly what street he came out of; he was in Bridge-street when I saw him. I saw the prosecutor follow him. I took to my heels and overtook him, and stopped the prisoner in Bridge-street. The prosecutor gave charge of the prisoner for having stolen his watch. The prisoner broke from me once. He said he was not the man they were calling after, he was running the same as other folks - he got away, but he did not get out of my sight. I picked up the watch, it laid about four or five yards from him, in the direction he had been moving; it was in a spot he had passed by in running before I stopped him. The outside case was gone and the glass broke; I did not see him in possession of the watch. DANIEL SLATER . I am a constable of St. Bride's. Q. Do you know the person of the prisoner - A. No; I never saw him before he was delivered to me at the watchhouse. I have kept the watch ever since. This is the watch. Q. to prosecutor. Look at the watch; is that the watch that was taken from your pocket that morning - A. Yes, I can swear this is my property; I have had the watch about eleven years. Q. to Gardner. At the time that you stopped the prisoner, did he tell you there was any gentleman by, who would prove his innocence - A. No, he did not. Prisoner's Defence. All I can say, is, I am innocent; and I believe it is well known I am innocent. I know within myself I am innocent. And as to saying I ran away from Mr. Gardner, that is false; the prosecutor was in liquor I think. COURT. Q. to Gardner. Had the prosecutor at all the appearance of being in liquor - A. Not at all. Q. Was the prisoner intoxicated - A. No. GUILTY - DEATH , aged 29. London jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.