Name: | James Roberts |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1811 |
Occupation: | Tailor |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing |
Convicted at: | Gloucester Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Katherine Stewart Forbes |
Departure date: | 21st February, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 16th July, 1832 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 221 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 268 |
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 Project. |
Dianne Jones on 27th March, 2021 wrote:
1832, 3 January: He was convicted at the Epiphany Sessions at Gloucester for stealing stockings (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892).
1832, 21 January: He was admitted to the Justitia prison hulk at Woolwich and sent from there for transportation on 11 February (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849).
Dianne Jones on 28th March, 2021 wrote:
1832: On arrival in VDL, he was single, 21 and had two previous convictions - one for stealing clothes (4 months’ jail) and one for stealing apples (6 weeks). His conduct report for jail in England described him as “a bad boy”, while he was listed as “orderly” on the hulk. During the voyage to VDL his behaviour was described as “bad” (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-37$init=CON31-1-37p98).
Dianne Jones on 27th March, 2021 made the following changes:
gender: m
Dianne Jones on 27th March, 2021 made the following changes:
crime
Dianne Jones on 27th March, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1811 (prev. 0000), occupation
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