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Transportation
Robert Roberts was transported on the Speke, departing 5th Aug 1826 and arriving 26th Nov 1826 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 47 (25) |
| 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
Court of Great Session of Chester … Robert Roberts, indicted for stealing fowls, and for breaking into Mr. Gregory's cheese warehouse, received sentence of seven years' transportation for each offence. Morning Herald (London), 6 April 1826. STEALING. Robert Roberts, (39), was put to the bar, charged with stealing on the night 16th or the 17th of December last, in this Cltv, sixteen fowls, the property of Mr. Thomas Smith Mulvey, the younger. Mr. Corbett stated the case for the prosecution, and called Thomas Smith Mulvey, son of Mr. Mulvey, ship-builder, in Crane-street, who proved the loss of the fowls from a shed in his father’s yard, on the night named in the indictment. Mr. Hill, conductor of the watch of this city, proved searching the house of the prisoner on Sunday morning the 18th December, and finding 16 fowls (14 hens and two cocks) and a basket, which he now produced. One of the fowls of a particular breed was produced, as well as well the legs of some others, which were identified by Mulvey as those he had lost, and as his property. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was out early on Sunday morning, and found the fowls in the Nun’s Field. He called some witnesses to character. The Jury found him guilty. Chester Courant, 4 April 1826. Hulk Records. HO-9-4-4. Page 21 Justitia Hulk Received 2 May 1826. Robert Roberts, 2 Indents, age 39, Stg fowls, 7 years. Stg Cheese, 7 years, Tried at Chester (City), 1 April 1826, 14 years, Transported 26 July 1826.
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