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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Slater was transported on the Mermaid, departing 2nd Dec 1829 and arriving 7th May 1830 with 200 passengers.
Mermaid (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 247 (126) trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230692370?searchTerm=superintedent convicts ticket of leave |
| 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
From the New South Wales Government Gazette 28th March 1851 - THE Tickets of Leave of the undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown, have been cancelled for the reasons stated opposite their respective names :- William Slater, Mermaid, absent from District; Maitland Bench.
WILLIAM SLATER. Theft: pocketpicking. 11th June 1829 Reference Number t18290611-251 Verdict Guilty Sentence Transportation William Slater b. 1810, 1250. WILLIAM SLATER was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of April , 1 handkerchief, value 3s., the goods of Thomas Russell , from his person . THOMAS RUSSELL. On the 28th of April I was going down St. Martin's-lane , about three o'clock in the afternoon, I felt something touch my hip - I put my hand to my pocket and missed my handkerchief; I turned, and the prisoner passed me; I looked at a man who was behind me, a stouter man than myself - he looked and smiled; I looked after the prisoner, and saw him take off his cap and put something into it; a boy said, "Excuse me, Sir, but a boy has picked your pocket;" I said, "I thought so;" I then went after the prisoner but lost sight of him; I came back and met the other boy, who told me where the prisoner was gone; I went to the ruins and saw a number of boys, who said, "Here comes the man with the white hat." STEWART MACDONALD. I was coming down St. Martin's-lane, and saw the prisoner lift up the tail of Mr. Russell's coat; Mr. Russell stopped, and then he let the coat go, and went on the lamp post; the prosecutor then went as far as the watch-house, and then the prisoner took the handkerchief out of his pocket - I am sure he is the boy. WILLIAM BODY . I am thirteen years of age. I was going to play, and picked up this handkerchief in the passage of our house, down a turning in Chandos-street - I gave it to my mother. MARY BODY . My son brought this handkerchief to me one Monday evening; I kept it till Mr. Russell and the officer came. JOHN GROOM. On the 5th of May I received this handkerchief from Body, in Round-court-passage, Chandos-street; I took the prisoner; when he saw the witness and me together he ran away - but McDonald said he took the handkerchief and he was taken.(Property produced and sworn to.) MR. RUSSELL. I do not know what he put into his cap, but he went between the church and the new buildings. Prisoner's Defence. I know nothing about it. GUILTY . Aged 19. Transported for Fourteen Years .