Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Roberts was transported on the Hashemy, departing 19th Jul 1850 and arriving 25th Oct 1850 with 103 passengers.
Built 1817 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 523 Tons.
Hashemy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 295 (149). --00-- England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Essex 1848. |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: George Butler, convicted with John Roberts and also sentenced to 15 years’ transportation, arrived in WA with him on the Hashemy. His bio is at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/butler/george/17035.
From the “Convicts associated with Toodyay” database: Roberts, John (1828- ): #153, arrived 1850-10-25 per Hashemy CWA: Unmarried; gentleman's servant; semi-literate, C/E; burglary, previous conviction; 15 yrs; Fremantle. Ancestry: WA convict records: Convict Superintendent’s Orders book: Entry dated 17 Dec. 1851: "The undermentioned were forwarded by Glydes Boat to Toodyay this day, viz: Reg. No. 153 John Roberts From Hospital." (https://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/). --00--
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: ROBERTS, John; inmate #153, arrived 25 Oct 1850 per Hashemy Date of Birth: 20 Sep 1828 [UK court and jail records point to year of birth as 1826; for example Millbank prison lists him as 21 when tried in March 1848.] Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Gentleman's servant Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Date: 1848 Sentence Place: Chelmsford, Essex, England Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: 15 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 10 Sep 1851 Conditional Pardon Date: 13 Aug 1859 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
Newspaper report of the trial: 11 March, 1848: From the Sun, p3: John Roberts, 21, Thomas Folks, 17, and George Butler, 20, three miserable looking lads, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Lucy Marshall, and stealing some silver money and other articles, her property. Mr. Glyn prosecuted. It appeared that the prosecutrix is a widow, and she occupied, with her sister, a cottage in a lonely position, near the village of Stansted Mountfichet. In the dead of the night of the 25th February she was awoken by hearing a noise in her sister’s bad-room, and upon going to see what was the matter, she found her sister in bed in a state of great alarm, and the prisoners Folks and Roberts were in the room, the former with a large dinner-knife in his hand. When they saw the prosecutrix they demanded her money, and took away from her a pocket which contained about seven shillings. They then asked for grub, and regaled themselves with some food, and drank a bottle of home-made wine, after which they told the prosecutrix to go to bed, again threatening her with violence if she gave any alarm, and they said they should leave a watcher outside to see if she disobeyed their injunctions. The prisoners then went away, but were apprehended shortly afterwards with part of the stolen property in their possession and it appeared pretty clearly that Butler was outside the cottage watching, as they stated, while the others were committing the robbery. The prisoners were found Guilty, and Roberts and Butler, who had been before convicted of felony, were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years, and Folks was ordered to be kept to hard labour for eighteen months.” (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) —0—
TRIAL: 6 March, 1848: 21 year-old John Roberts was sentenced to transportation for 15 years for burglary, taking into account his previous conviction, on 15 February, 1848 at Essex (7 days’ jail and whipped), for larceny. The same punishment was handed to his accomplice, George Butler, aged 20, who had the same previous form. A third offender, Thomas Folks, was sentenced to 18 months’ jail (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for George Butler; England; Essex 1848). —0—