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Transportation
Amos Smith was transported on the Mangles, departing 29th Mar 1820 and arriving 7th Aug 1820 with 192 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 282 Richmond Anglican Burial Records |
| 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
Amos Smith, alias Sweep Jack, for a burglary the dwelling-house of John Sigsworth, Easingwold, and stealing sundry goods. AMOS SMITH, aged 24, was charged with committing Burglary in the house of John Sigsworth, of Easingwold, on the night between the 3d and 4th of May; and Thomas Watson, aged 23, and Charles Curristone, with receiving the stolen property. John Sigsworth lives at Easingwold, where he keeps a grocer and draper's shop. At six o'clock in the morning of the 4th of May, he discovered it had been broken open. From appearances, he thought the door had been forced with a plough coulter. A great quantity of goods were taken away; the shelves were quite cleared. Other evidence was adduced to shew, that the prisoner Smith, better known by the name of Sweep Jack, together with Watson, and a young woman of the name Ruth Morrell, were seen in the neighbourhood, on the night of the robbery. Several witnesses met or saw Smith, at an unusual hour in the morning, with a galloway, apparently much fatigued, and carrying a large pack, on the road between Easingwold and Knaresbro. One of them saw some goods in the pack-sheet answering the description of those which Sigsworth had lost. The galloway employed in removing the property in removing the property belonged to Watson, and the goods were found concealed in his stable at Knaresbro'. Smith absconded as soon as the property was seized, and was apprehended about a month after at Manchester. The only evidence against Cumstone was, that a quantity of ribbons, which were stolen at the same time, were found upon a stall in the market-place at Knaresbro', which he was attending. Verdict— Smith, Guilty of the Burglary. Watson, Guilty of receiving Stolen Goods. Curristone, Not Guilty. Yorkshire Gazette, 31 July 1819
Resided at North Richmond in the Hawkesbury NSW