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Voyage
Transportation
Leslie Robertson was transported on the Elphinstone, departing 6th Apr 1842 and arriving 28th Jul 1842 with 230 passengers.
Elphinstone (generic)References
| Primary Source | Libraries Tasmania. UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/10. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 70 |
| 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
The half-yearly Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened at Aberdeen, on Wednesday week, by Lords Mackenzie and Medwyn ; Archibald Davidson, Esq., Advocate-Depute. The eases, which were about twenty-six in number, were chiefly those of theft, habit and repute, and previous conviction. The following were the only cases of any interest Leslie Robertson, a little physical-force-looking boy of about twelve yeas of age, was brought up the dock-stairs hurraing, and on being placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a grate from the premises of Mr. Forbes, of Echt, Regent Quay, pleaded not guilty. H e was one of the most impudent little scamps that we ever saw at the bar, and kept incessantly talking and muttering to those in his neighbourhood. Lord Medwyn had frequently to administer a rebuke, but he seemed incorrigible. Adhering to his plea of not guilty, a Jury was empanelled, and the case went to proof. When asked to stand up, for the purpose of being identified by the first witness, he pertly replied, No, I won't; and then fixing his eyes on the witness, clapped his thumb to his nose, spreading out his fingers, and grinning like a fiend, said, Look here. The evidence was so clear and conducive, that the Jury were neither addressed by the public prosecutor nor the prisoner's Counsel. A verdict was given, finding him guilty, as libelled; and Lord Mackenzie, in passing sentence of seven sears' transportation, made special reference to the violent conduct of the prisoner at the bar. On his sentence being announced, the prisoner commenced a dance in the dock, hurraing and waving his bonnet round his head, and bawled out, Three cheers for Botany Bay. Sun (London) 3 May 1841.
Prison Hulk ship Euryalus moored at Chatham, Received 20 June 1841, aged 14 years, Offence: Theft, Report: Convicted before very bad character, VDL 29 March 1842
Conduct Record: aged 13, Trade Laborer, Protestant, Could neither read or write, Tried 21 April 1841 for Theft https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-25$init=CON33-1-25P179
Age when convicted = 14 Could read and write Number: 4235