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John Smith was transported on the Speke, departing 5th Aug 1826 and arriving 26th Nov 1826 with 156 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 52 |
| 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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Hulk Records. HO-9-7_2 (page 41/48) Retribution Hulk at Sheerness. Received from Newgate, 10 June 1826. Jno. Smith, age 26, Sheep Stg. Tried at Middx, 6 April 1826, Life, To NSW 31 July 1826. Thos. Gurney, age 23, Sheep Stg. Tried at Middx, 6 April 1826, Life, To NSW 15 Sept 1826.
Tried at the Old Bailey, 6 April 1826. Before Mr. Justice Park. 628. THOMAS GURNEY and JOHN SMITH were indicted for stealing, on the 22d of March , at St. Mary, Islington, 2 sheep, price 4l. , the property of James Coleman . SECOND COUNT, for feloniously and wilfully killing 2 sheep, price 4l., the property of the said James Coleman, with intent to steal the carcases of the same. ROBERT BROWN . I live in Paradise-place. Lower-road, Islington. On Wednesday morning, the 22d of March, about half-past six o'clock, I was going towards home from the watch-house - I am the watch-house-keeper - and in the Lower-road the prisoner Smith went by me with a basket on his shoulder, with something very heavy in it; I saw Gurney coming along, within thirty yards of him, with another basket, similarly loaded - I stopped Gurney, and asked what he had in his basket; he said"Meat;" I pulled the basket off his shoulder and found two fore-quarters of mutton; I asked where he was going to take it - he said to Mr. Salter, a salesman in Newgate-market; there was a chopper in the basket; I said it was not usual for men to carry choppers to market with their meat - he made no answer; I told him to carry the basket to the King's Head - I there searched it more particularly, and found a gamble hook, which they hang sheep up with, and half a sheep's head - I found the other half of the head in his pocket, with a liver; I left the basket there for twenty minutes, took him to the watch-house, then pursued and took Smith with his basket, by Sadlerswells; I asked where he was going - he said he did not know; I found in his basket both the hind quarters of a sheep together, and a knife, and in his pocket a piece of lights, and in the other pocket a gamble hook. When we came to turn the two baskets out together, there were two sheeps' heads, two lots of fat, two hearts, and two livers. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS. Q. Do you know whether either of them are butchers? A. No. FRANCIS AYRES . I am servant to James Coleman, who lives at Upper Holloway, about two miles from the Lower-road. On Tuesday, the 21st of March, my fellow servant, George, put eighty-one sheep into my charge, in a field nearly opposite the Red Caps public-house - one field from the road; I counted them, and saw them safe in the evening, at six o'clock; I shut the gate of the field and locked it - next morning, at eight, I counted them, and found only seventy-nine; I found the skins of the other two in the next field but one, a little after eight that morning, laying in a ditch; I saw Brown afterwards with the parts of two carcases; I compared the two hind-quarters and two forequarters, which he produced to me, with one of the skins - they corresponded with that skin in every point. Cross-examined. Q. Were all the eighty-one sheep of one breed? A. No; different, I believe. Q. Sheep of the same year's birth are about the same size? A. They are sometimes, but not always. Q. How many hundred thousand sheep would have fitted these skins? A. I should not think they would correspond in every point to fit - the fat left on the skin corresponds with the carcass. WILLIAM HALL . I met Brown, and assisted him - I did not see the meat compared. ROBERT BROWN . I saw the mutton compared with the skin - my opinion is that the skin belonged to the carcass. Cross-examined. Q. You think so? A. Yes - the sheep seemed of a common size. JAMES COLEMAN . These eighty-one sheep were in my care - I saw the two skins - they had my mark on them; I was present when the meat was compared - it seemed to correspond with the skin. Cross-examined. Q. How far is Sadlers-wells from your field? A. About two miles and a half. I am a grazier and salesman; I do not know the prisoner; the mutton appeared to be dressed as well as it could be in any slaughter-house; the sheep belonged to one Mossman - I was answerable for them - they went from me to market on Friday. GURNEY - GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 23. SMITH - GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 26.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship; Speke 3rd - 1826 No; 102 Name; John Smith Age; 27 [1801] Read & write. Single, Native County; Bath Trade; Gardner Offence; Sheep Stealing Trial; London - 6 April 1826 - Life Height; 5 ft. 8 in Complexion; Dark Sallow Hair; Dark Brown Eyes; Dark Hazel Date of Certificate; 37/338. CP No 227 Dated 1 February 1845 -----------------------------