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Crime
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Transportation
William Richardson was transported on the Neptune, departing 18th Mar 1820 and arriving 16th Jul 1820 with 157 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 266 |
| 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




Principal Superintendent's Office, Sydney, 16th Sept. 1820. THE under-mentioned Prisoners having absented themselves from their respective Employments, and some of them at large with false Certificates, all Constables and others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions in apprehending and lodging them in Custody. William Darley, James Richardson, and James Cody, Boys from Carters' Barracks; Sydney Gazette, 16 Sep 1820.




Colonial Secretary Index RICHARDSON, William. Per "Neptune", 1820 1822 Jul 11 Convict mechanic assigned to Gregory Blaxland at Parramatta (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.49) 1822 Aug 24, Oct On returns of convicts discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; runaway (Reel 6028; 2/8283 pp.119, 123) 1823 On list of runaways who have been apprehended or accounted for; apprehended at Liverpool (Reel 6059; 4/1773 p.161a) 1823 Apr 14-May 8 To be transported for life. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.93) 1823 May 14 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.45, 408-9) 1824 Dec 21 On list of runaways from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle per "Sally" (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.130) 1825 Jul 13 On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Elizabeth Henrietta"; crossed out (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.526-7)




Colonial Secretary Index. RICHARDSON, William. Per "Neptune", 1820. 1822 Jul 11 Convict mechanic assigned to Gregory Blaxland at Parramatta (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.49) 1822 Aug 24, Oct On returns of convicts discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; runaway (Reel 6028; 2/8283 pp.119, 123) 1823 On list of runaways who have been apprehended or accounted for; apprehended at Liverpool (Reel 6059; 4/1773 p.161a) 1823 Apr 14-May 8 To be transported for life. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.93) 1823 May 14 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.45, 408-9) 1824 Dec 21 On list of runaways from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle per "Sally" (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.130) 1825 Jul 13 On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Elizabeth Henrietta"; crossed out (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.526-7) -------------------------------------------------- CRIMINAL COURT. Tuesday April 22. James Cody and William Richardson were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Bates, on the Parramatta-road, on the 16th of March last, and stealing therefrom sundry articles of wearing apparel. Cody pleaded Guilty. Richardson was found Guilty. Remanded. Sydney Gazette, 1 May 1823. Criminal Court. … WEDNESDAY. - The following prisoners, who had been convicted during the session, were now brought up for sentence :- ... James Cody, Wm. Richardson, ... - TRANSPORTATION FOR LIFE. Sydney Gazette, 8 May 1823.