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Transportation
William Ridley was transported on the Bussorah Merchant, departing 24th Mar 1828 and arriving 26th Jul 1828 with 170 passengers.
The Bussorah Merchant was built at Calcutta in 1818, 531 tons. The ship transported convicts from England in 1828 to New South Wales, from Ireland in 1829/30 to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land and in 1831 another voyage to Sydney, New South Wales. (The ship also made voyages to Australia, in 1837, 1839 & 1845 with free immigrants.)
Bussorah Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 361 (182) |
| 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
Old Bailey Online WILLIAM RIDLEY. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 21st February 1828 Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM RIDLEY Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 21st February 1828 Reference Number t18280221-169 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 649. WILLIAM RIDLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of January , 1 coach-glass, value 6s. , the goods of Thomas Pearson . WILLIAM WARD . I am hostler to Mr. Thomas Pearson. He lost a coach-glass from the door of the coach-house, in his yard, on the 16th of January - I had seen it in the coach the same evening; I know nothing of the prisoner. SAMUEL WRIGHT . I am beadle of St. Mary-le-bone. On the 17th of January, about two o'clock in the morning, I met the prisoner in Mortimer-street, with this glass under his arm; I stopped him, and asked where he got it; he said from a coach in a yard, opposite the Middlesex-hospital, and he was going to sell it; I said, "I suppose you stole it;" he said, "Yes, I did;" I said, "Why did you take it?" He said, "Because I was in distress."(Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 32. Transported for Seven Years .