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Transportation
Thomas Ritson was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 205 (104) |
| 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
Thos. Ritson, alias Andrew Lenox (he on this occasion assuming his mother's name), was well known in Carlisle and the neighbourhood. Seven years ago he was convicted at Lancaster Assizes, for breaking into the counting-house of a factory near Kendal, which he had himself assisted in fitting up, and robbing it of bank notes to a considerable amount: he was sentenced to death; but this punishment was commuted for transportation. Before the expiration of the term he was found at large, and apprehended on the 6th January last, in Carlisle, on a charge of having robbed the house of Mrs. Monkhouse, of Longwathby, near Penrith, of plate and other articles. He effected his escape from Carlisle gaol, in company with several other persons, on the night of the 20th March, and it was not long afterwards that he committed the crime for which he is now convicted. Between the night of Sunday and morning of Monday last, a quantity of lead, which had been placed on the roof of the new parsonage-house building in Botchergate, for the purpose of being fixed, was stolen, together with the workman's tools. Carlisle Journal, 13 Aug 1814.