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Voyage
Transportation
William Giles Smith was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 31st Dec 1813 and arriving 28th Jul 1814 with 204 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 137 (70) |
| 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
WARWICK ASSIZES, CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST PAPER. … W. -G. Smith, for altering a bank note of Cobb and Co. Banbury; … severally received sentence Death, but were afterwards reprieved. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 12 April 1813. At Warwick Assizes,- ….. William Giles altering in a Banbury Bank note the word one to ... ; … were condemned. Staffordshire Advertiser, 10 April 1813.
William Giles Smith, has been committed to Warwick gaol, charged with altering a promissy note of Whatelev, Cobb, and Co. bankers, of Banbury, taking out covering the word or the body and corner of such note and subs the word twenty, lieu thereof, and presenting the same for payment. Northampton Mercury, 30 Jan 1813. ---------------------------------------------------- Hulk record. Record of York, Laurel & Hardy. HO-1-1_1 Image 28. From Warwick, 15 Sep 1813, Received on board: Wm. Giles Smith, age 21, Offence, Forgery, tried in Warwick, 29 March 1813. 14 years. Discharged 17 Jan 1814, Surry, NSW.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Age: 23 Occupation: Silk hat Maker Ticket of Leave - 1241 Conditional Pardon - Absolute Pardon -