Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Kesiah Smith was transported on the Henry Wellesley, departing 23rd Sep 1835 and arriving 7th Feb 1836 with 122 passengers.
304 ton ship built in India in 1804.
Henry Wellesley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 166 |
| 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
Monmouthshire Sessions. Keziah Smith was indicted for stealing from the person of Abraham Matthews, the sum of £ 10, on Sunday, 28th of June last, in the town of Newport; and Thomas Davis for receiving the same. The prosecutor went into the Lamb and Flag on Sunday morning last; saw the prisoners there went aside with the female prisoner; while in conversation with him, she took from his pocket a purse containing the money she went out, and he was about to follow her, when he was prevented by Davis. Redmond, the constable, apprehended the prisoners in the course of the day, and found one £ 5 note in the stocking of Davis.- Lord G. Somerset, in charging the jury, took occasion to severely reprehend the prosecutor, who was a married man, for the criminality of his conduct, which had furnished an occasion for the subject of the present prosecution. The very just animadversions of the noble Chairman were received with evident satisfaction by a crowded court. Verdict-Guilty. Lord G. Somerset then addressed the prisoners in a most impressive manner, reminding them that this was not the first time they had appealed at the bar of justice. Hitherto, however, they had escaped, partly through the humanity of the law, and partly through the forbearance of prosecutors. But justice, though often slow in its inflictions, will generally be found to reach the hardened criminal at last. The career of the prisoners had been such that they must now leave the country which their crimes have injured and disgraced. In passing upon them the sentence with which it would be his painful duty to conclude, he could assure them that it was indeed a severe and painful sentence. And here he would wish to impress, in the most solemn manner, on the public mind a deep sense of the severity of transportation in the altered state of the law. The noble Lord commented at some length on the present state of transported felons, and concluded a most eloquent and impressive address, by sentencing the prisoners to transportation for 14 years. Monmouthshire Merlin, 4 July 1835.
NSW Convict Application to Marry. John Ewart, per James Pattison, Age 28, 7 years, Free; and Keiah Smith, per Henry Wellesley; age 21, 14 years; Bond; Date, 18 Oct 1837, Narellan. Index to Colonial Secretary Letters Received. Keziah Smith, Now Ewart. Date: 1847. Letter No 47/8651.