Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Daniel Smith was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 239 (121) |
| 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
IN WA -- a name change: From his Fremantle jail record: SMITH, David; inmate #4762, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: Daniel Date of Birth: 1838 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England Crime: Stealing Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 6 Jul 1858 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
8 September, 1857: Sent from Portsmouth to board the NILE; convict #8/3963. His behaviour during the voyage to WA was "indifferent" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). --00--
10 May, 1856: Discharged from Portsmouth prison with a Ticket of Leave. --0-- 21 April, 1857: ToL revoked; no grounds stated. --0-- 12 May, 1857: Readmitted to PORTSMOUTH prison from the metropolitan police -- inmate #3963. All details as previously (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Daniel Smith; Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858). --0--
30 April, 1856: Licence for Parole (Ticket of Leave) #5474 granted for early release from Portsmouth, as below: Reference: PCOM 3/50/5474 Description: Licence number 5474: Daniel Smith. Caption order and prison record from when he was convicted of Stealing from the person at the Quarter Sessions at Westminster, Middlesex 22 September 1851. Then aged [not given] years and by trade a [not given]. Sentence: 10 years transportation. Licence granted 30 April 1856, for early release from Portsmouth prison. Comments: Licence revoked 21 April 1857, caption returned 14 May 1857. Revocation order only. Date: 1856 April 30 Held by: The National Archives, Kew (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10341730). --0--
13 February, 1855: Admitted to PORTSMOUTH prison, Cumberland Street/Gloucester Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire -- inmate #2317. Listed as 16 years old when convicted; no trade, single, able to read and write, Church of England. Next of kin -- mother, not named, living at Drury Lane (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Daniel Smith; Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858). --0--
27 October, 1851: Admitted to PARKHURST prison, Clissold Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. behaviour "bad" -- served 3 years 3 months 17 days. "Opened in December 1838 as a prison for young male offenders, ideally aged 16 and under (though some also aged in their late teens), to provide them with a course of moral, religious and industrial training, together with corrective discipline, to prepare them for emigration (both as free emigrants and convicts). By the mid 1850s, the Parkhurst boys were no longer exiled but liberated in the UK, and the function of the prison was broadened to include all boys sentenced to terms exceeding one year imprisonment. With the rise of reformatory and industrial schools the scale of Parkhurst was reduced and its function questioned." (https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison/parkhurst-prison/) --0--
7 October, 1851: Admitted to MILLBANK prison, Westminster, London -- served 20 days' behaviour "good". --0--
JAILS: September, 1851: Held at WESTMINSTER House of Correction, Tothill Fields / Francis Street, London -- served 13 days; described as "a notoriously bad character and most refractory at all times". Opened in 1834, in 1850 the prison was restricted to female prisoners and juvenile males aged under 17 years (https://www.prisonhistory.org/). --0--
TRIAL: 22 September, 1851: Convicted of larceny from the person, with a previous conviction for felony, and sentenced to transportation for 10 years (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Daniel Smith; England; Middlesex; 1851). --0--