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Voyage
Transportation
George Ruddle was transported on the Maitland, departing 26th Aug 1843 and arriving 7th Feb 1844 with 206 passengers.
Built 1810 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 648 Tons.
Maitland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 405 (204). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
| 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
CO 280/196 folio 348A lists a "George Rendalls", per the Maitland, dying on 1844-05-14. Tried at "Wils... ass.", sentenced to life. Many other last name misspellings in the same CO despatch, almost certain Rendalls is Ruddle.
Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser Somerset, England 29 Jun 1842: MURDEROUS ASSAULT.__On Sunday morning last at 2 o'clock, a constable of the Wilts Police, named Stockham, caught a man named Ruddle, cutting cabbages in the garden of Mr. Culliford, Milborne farm, near Chippenham. Ruddle on being asked what he wanted there, instantly sprang at Stockham and stabbed him in the lower part of the back with a large clasp-knife. Stockham then fastened round the fellow's middle; but they both fell to the ground, the policeman under. While on the ground the villain stabbed him in the neck in 5 different places; and then asked him to let him go! This, Stockham bravely refused to do, but was at length exhausted from loss of blood __ perceiving which Ruddle knelt upon him and stabbed him again in the neck, which would have killed him but for his leather stock. By this time Mason, another constable, came and attempted to take the fellow into custody, who then tried to stab him, and the policemen were obliged to knock him down several times before they could secure him. He is committed for trial. Stockham is in a very dangerous state. Reading Mercury Berkshire, England 20 Aug 1842: ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE George Ruddle, for cutting and wounding Jas. Stockham, at Corsham.—Guilty, to be transported for life. Conduct Record held in VDL: Details: He was married. Tried Wiltshire Assizes 13/8/1842. 14/5/1844: George Ruddle died at Norfolk Island. ***This death date is also attributed to George Ruddle per Isabella 1832 and to George Ruddle on the Nautilus - *have not located a Geo. Ruddle on the Nautilus*.
George Ruddle was convicted at Wiltshire on 13/08/1842 for cutting and maiming. Life sentence. Transported to Australia on the 'Maitland' arriving 08/02/1844. Gaol Report: previous conviction. Gaol 4mths. Ship Surgeon's Report: very good Assigned to Norfolk Island (off east coast of New South Wales). Died on Norfolk Island 14/05/1844.