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Voyage
Transportation
James Simmons was transported on the Cornwall, departing 28th Feb 1851 and arriving 11th Jun 1851 with 300 passengers.
Cornwall (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 41 (23) |
| 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
James Simmons, 21, seaman, for stealing a pair boots, the property of John Herbert, at Chatham, on the 9th of the present month. Mrs. Herbert, wife of the prosecutor, said the prisoner came into her shop the day in question to sell some articles of wearing apparel She went out to get change for the purpose of paying him. Mr. Nathan said the prisoner came to his clothes-shop and offered articles there for sale. Witness suspected they were not his property and therefore gave him into custody. Mrs. Herbert said they were the property of her husband. The prisoner said he had met a sailor, who had given them to him. It appeared the prisoner had only been liberated from prison two days previously, having been convicted of felony at the last Assizes. Transported fifteen years. South Eastern Gazette, 29 July 1845. The undermentioned male convicts were on Saturday morning removed from the county gaol, to the Millbank prison: Henry Driver, Ambrose Herrington, and Charles Leach, transported for twenty years; James Austin, William Lee, Thomas Taylor, John Cross, Edward Viccars, Michael McMahon, James Simmons, and Charles Davis, for fifteen years; Edwin Brotherton, James Exton, Robert Spears, and Edward Spicer, for ten years; Fred. George Janes and Henry Flood, for seven years. South Eastern Gazette, 12 Aug 1845. Tasmanian Records. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-103/CON33-1-103P240 No 24540. James Simmons. Tried Maidstone, 21 July 1845, 15 years. Transported for Larceny. Gaol Report. Convict Gibraltar, Good. Stated this offence, Stealing a pair of shoes, pr. At Chatham. 4 mos for a ship robby. Single. Age on arrival, 28, Sailor. See record for full details.