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Voyage
Transportation
John Rickey was transported on the Marquis Of Hastings, departing 16th Mar 1839 and arriving 23rd Jul 1839 with 241 passengers.
Marquis Of Hastings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 1 Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 7.2, 30 December 2017), July 1838, trial of JOHN RICKEY (t18380709-1692). Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Bell's New Weekly Messenger - Sunday 26 August 1838 Bell's Weekly Messenger - Monday 16 July 1838 |
| 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
Bell's Weekly New Messenger for Sunday the 26th August 1838 states that the sentence of death Rickey had been reprieved. They report that when The Clerk of Arraigns informed him of the news he replied. "I am glad, but I don't know what will become of me." The report ends with the statement that Rickey was to be transported for life.
In a number of the newspaper reports on the murder and his conviction Rickey is called Richie
John Rickey was 5'10" tall, fair complexion, brown hair, reddish whiskers, light hazel eyes. Married: Wife Mary and 1 child at Bristol. From the Inquest: 19/6/1840: Assigned to Mr John Ralston at Logan Falls, district of Morven - Killed by a gum tree falling on him - per "Marquis of Hastings" - death registered at Evandale. This is the confusing part - there was only 1 John Rickey as a convict. Note: Founder and Survivors website has his death as 30/4/1847 at the Launceston Hospital. His conduct record shows that he was made 3rd Class on 12/4/1844.
Rickey was a private in the 12th Royal Lancers and was convicted of shooting his Sergeant at Hampton Court Palace on 26th June 1838. In July of that year he was sentenced to death by Mr Justice Park at the Central Criminal Court. He was to have been hanged at Newgate but there is no record of his execution. He was 32 at the time of his transportation. He had a reputation as a very quiet and mild man but on the night in question had left his post and was very drunk. When his own troop Sergeant, James Hamilton, moved in to apprehend him in the South Cloister of the Palace he shot him through the abdomen with a cavalry pistol. Hamilton died 11 hours later.