Henry Smith

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Summary

Born
Jan 1818
Conviction
Horse theft
Departure
Nov 1824
Arrival
Apr 1825
Death
May 1843
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Personal Information

Name: Henry Smith
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1818
Death: 11th May 1843
Age at death: 25

Crime

Crime: Horse theft
Convicted at: York Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 4th Nov 1824
Ship: Lady East
Arrival: 9th Apr 1825
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Henry Smith was transported on the Lady East, departing 4th Nov 1824 and arriving 9th Apr 1825 with 212 passengers.

Lady EastLady East (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 218
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 10th December 2025

No; 671 Aged; 25 years old. Farm Labourer The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859) Fri 12 May 1843 Page 2. LOCAL. EXECUTION.-Henry Smith, the man who, at the late Criminal Sittings, was convicted of the cold-blooded murder of Henry Childs, at the farm of Mr. Baynton, Sandy Bay, suffered the extreme penalty of the law yesterday morning at a few minutes past eight o'clock. A ciowd, more numerous than usual, had assembled opposite the jail, and on them the unhappy culprit, when he hid reached the top of the ladder, for some moments kept his eyes with an expression of vacant astonishment. The operations of the executioner, however, soon recalled him to the consciousness of his awful situation, when, submitting to the adjustment of the cap and rope, be, without littering a word, was hurled into that doom which, according to his own avowal, he courted, in the perpetration of the atrocious deed as a respite from the sufferings of a degraded nature. Henry Smith, per " Lady East," was transported for life fur horse-stealing, 24th March, 1824. He arrived in this colony April 1825, and in June, 1838, obtained a conditional pardon. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2952737?searchTerm=Henry%20Childe

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on 27th October 2025

11 May 1843 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Henry Childe at Sandy Bay