Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Israel Shipley was transported on the China, departing 3rd Jan 1846 and arriving 16th May 1846 with 200 passengers.
Built 1837 at Hull. Wood ship of 524 Tons.
China (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 8 |
| 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
Recommended for Conditional Pardons: Israel Shipley, China. Cornwall Chronicle, 26 April 1856.
Walter Howell and Israel Shipley, by Edward Leathes, Esq., charged with being present, aiding, abetting and assisting William Howell to kill and murder one James M'Fadden, police constable: for re-examination on Tuesday the 26th instant. Ipswich Journal, 23 Nov 1844. An extract from the trial report from The Ipswich Journal, 21 Dec 1844. ... proceed to present the testimony of the most important witnesses in exiento. Harriet July: I lived at Hulver. I knew the deceased. I also know the three prisoners who, in July last, lived in Mutford. I remember the night when Mac Fadden was shot. About three weeks before that, I was talking with MacFadden on Kessingland turnpike, when William Howell passed in a pony cart. Howell drove quite close to Mac Fadden: the latter said, Mind, old fellow, how you drive. William Howell said to that, D- my heart cold, if I shouldn't like to drive over you ! Mac Fadden said, Mind, old fellow, what you say : you would look rather queer if I summoned you for it. William Howell said, D-my heart cold, if I shouldn't like to do your business for you; and d- my heart cold if I don't the first opportunity. This he said twice. MacFadden kept telling him to mind what he said. After these words, William Howell drove on . he was in liquor at the time. On the Sanday when MacFadden was shot, I was at Lowestoft. Before I got home to Hulver, I fell in with MacFadden on the Kessingland turnpike near Pakefield hall. This was about six at night. I was riding with a man in a cart. I got out of it to speak to MacFadden, and we had some conversation, and I then got into the cart again, and ... Ipswich Journal, 21 Dec 1844. ------------------------------------------------- The same post brought an order from the learned Judge, Sir John Williams, respiting the execution of William Howell, Walter Howell, and Israel Shipley, convicted of the murder of MacFadden, the policeman, until Saturday, the 25th of January next. Ipswich Journal, 28 Dec 1844. ------------------------------------------------- EXECUTION OF WILLIAM HOWELL. Ipswich, Saturday.—This wretched man expiated offence on the scaffold in front of Ipswich jail, twelve o’clock this day. His two companions in crime, Walter Howell, his brother, and Israel Shipley, were respited on Friday. Globe, 27 Jan 1845.