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Voyage
Transportation
Benjamin Smith was transported on the Candahar, departing 26th Mar 1842 and arriving 20th Jul 1842 with 251 passengers.
Candahar (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 49 (26) |
| 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
Indent Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-14$init=CON14-1-14p171 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-14$init=CON14-1-14p172 5622. Benjamin Smith, 8 months hulk. Tried 29 June 1841 at Chelmsford QS, Essex. Married, age 31, had 5 children, could both read and write. 1 B. Wm. Wife Anne, at Elmdon. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Convict conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-23$init=CON33-1-23p191 No 5621. Benjamin Smith. Tried at Chelmsford, Essex, 7 years. He was protestant and could read and write. Age on arrival was 36, he was a farm labourer, married, a native of Dagenham, Essex. Gaol report: Bad, convicted before. Hulk report, Good. Convicted once for fowls, 6 months, Vagrancy 6 weeks, once for poaching, 2 months. He served a period of 16 months probation, which expired 21 Nov 1843. Awarded his Ticket of Leave, 24 Jan 1846. There were no incidents recorded on his record.
Benjamin Smith was tried & convicted at Essex Assizes, Chelmsford on 26 June 1841 for theft, poaching & vagrancy, & sentenced to 7 years transportation. The ship Candahar left Spithead, England on 2 April 1842 & arrived in Hobart (VDL) on 20 July 1842. He was married, a Protestant, 5'4 1/4" tall, could read & write, a labourer, aged 36, with a ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, a broad face, brown eyes, with a small dent in his left cheek, a small scar on his chin, a hairy chest, & his native place was Dagenham Essex. He received a Ticket of Leave on 24 January 1846.
Peter Smith on 14th May, 2012 wrote:These are notes from Benjamin Jnr in 1915 about the circumstances of the conviction in Essex England of Benjamin Snr, from his book; "My Pasage in Time"My father was working with another man spreading manure in a large field. He had a nice, light fork and the other man wanted to get it. The forks should be taken home to the farm when the days work was done but, as they were to use the forks again the next morning, my father took his fork home so as not to let the other man have it. The other man, for spite, went and told the farmer my father had stolen the fork. The constables were sent to our house and the fork was there. They took my father to jail and for that offence he was sent to Van Diemens Land for seven years. Thank God the laws are different now.
These are notes from Benjamin Jnr in 1915 about the circumstances of the conviction in Essex England of Benjamin Snr, from his book; "My Pasage in Time" My father was working with another man spreading manure in a large field. He had a nice, light fork and the other man wanted to get it. The forks should be taken home to the farm when the days work was done but, as they were to use the forks again the next morning, my father took his fork home so as not to let the other man have it. The other man, for spite, went and told the farmer my father had stolen the fork. The constables were sent to our house and the fork was there. They took my father to jail and for that offence he was sent to Van Diemens Land for seven years. Thank God the laws are different now.