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Samuel Green was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 9th Apr 1834 and arriving 17th Aug 1834 with 262 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 337 (170) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online SAMUEL GREEN. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 2nd January 1834. Text type Trial account Defendants SAMUEL GREEN Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 2nd January 1834 Reference Number t18340102-105 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 289. SAMUEL GREEN was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of December , 9 gun-barrels, value 8l. , the goods of Christopher Penryn Aston . CHRISTOPHER PENRYN ASTON . I am a gun-barrelmaker , and have a house at No. 26, Little Windmill-street, Golden-square - I left these gun-barrels in my shop there on the 24th of December, between five and six o'clock, when I left to go home to Paddington - my shop has no communication with the rest of the house - I employ several men there, and I left my brother in the shop that night - on the next day he came to dine with me, and said the shop had been broken open - I saw it afterwards - the staple had been wrenched off, and my brother had stuck it in again - I was sent for in a few days to the station-house, and saw my property. Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS. Q.How many persons lodge in the house where your shop is? A. I let three floors - I have seen the prisoner about the neighbourhood - he says he is a farrier. WILLIAM HENRY ASTON . My brother left me in the shop that night - I went away about half-past five o'clock, and fastened the door in the usual way, and put the key in a secret place - I went the next day, between eleven and twelve o'clock, and found the door wide open - it had been broken open - I missed fifteen or sixteen gun-barrels. GEORGE WARD (police-constable B 131). I was on duty at a quarter past twelve o'clock at night on the 24th of December, in Orchard-street, Westminster - I saw the prisoner, with eight of these barrels on his shoulder, and one in his hand - I asked who they belonged to - he said he did not know, nor did he know where he was going, but a person had given them to him from a cab, and had given him a glass of gin to carry them - I asked where the person was - he said, "I don't know; is not he here?" and seemed to be looking about - I said that story would not do, he must go with me - he said, "Take the barrels, and let me go" - I said that would not do for me - my brother officer came up - I told him to take the prisoner, but he made some resistance - a soldier came by, I asked him to take the barrels, and I assisted to take the prisoner. Cross-examined. Q. There was no concealment of them? A. No: he was about two miles from the prosecutor's. MR. ASTON. I can swear to one of these in particular, and I believe the others are mine. Prisoner's Defence. I was coming down Dean-street, and a cab stopped at the corner - a man got out of it who had a shooting-jacket on, and an apron - he asked me to carry these barrels down the street, and said he would give me a glass of gin - I did not tell the officer I had had it - I left the man settling with the cabman, and I went down the street where the officer met me - I made no resistance; but I said, "Don't pull me about, I will go with you - I have done no harm." GUILTY . Aged 21. - Transported for Seven Years .