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Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Shepherd was transported on the Augusta Jessie, departing 27th Sep 1834 and arriving 22nd Jan 1835 with 210 passengers.
Augusta Jessie (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 452 |
| 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
1864 - Name: Shepherd, Joseph. Health & Welfare Port Arthur. Admission dates: 21 Dec 1864 Ship to colony: Augusta Jessie.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/74/143. Date. 1834 Aug 8. Prisoner name: Joseph Shepherd. Prisoner age: 38. Prisoner occupation: Carpenter. Court and date of trial: York Summer Assizes July 1834. Crime: Horse stealing from Thomas Andrews. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Gaoler's report: An idle, impudent sulky man. Has been imprisoned as a debtor. Ordered to Leviathan. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): 32 inhabitants of Ossett, Yorkshire. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Reduced circumstances; not found guilty of any previous offence. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Committed to the Castle. Joseph Shepherd, charged with having, on the 29th of March, stolen a mare, the property of Thomas Andrew, at Alverthorpe, in the West-Riding. Yorkshire Gazette, 5 April 1834. Horse Stealing. Joseph Shepherd, (38) late of Ossett, was placed at the bar. charged with having, on the 29 th of March last, stolen a mare, the property Mr. T. Andrew, Alverthorpe. Mr. Dundas appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner had no counsel. It appeared in evidence that the mare was left safe in the stable the night of Friday, the 28th April, and the next morning she was gone.— The mare was traced into the possession of the prisoner, who look her early the following morning to the White Hear, in Middleton, and put her in a stable. The prisoner admitted having taken the mare, but said he had done it in a fit of intoxication. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and sentenced him to be Transported for life. Sheffield Independent, 19 July 1834.