Summary
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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Smith was transported on the Maitland, departing 26th Aug 1843 and arriving 7th Feb 1844 with 206 passengers.
Built 1810 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 648 Tons.
Maitland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 400. Tasmanian Archives - convict record http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-76,213,161,L,80. |
| 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
1870 - INQUEST: An inquest was held at Victoria, Huon, on the 12 instant, upon the body of William Smith C.P. per Maitland and James Edwards per Augusta Jessie who were accidently drowned in the Huon River on the 28 Ultimo. A verdict returned accordingly
William SMITH/Richard ADAMS/Richard WOODWARD/William ABLETHORPE was convicted at Spalding, Lincoln, England on 5 Jan 1843 for stealing copper. Previous conviction. Life Sentence. Transported to Australia per the ship 'Maitland' arriving NSW and sent to Norfolk Island 1844. Single man; plasterer; aged 36 yrs; 5'3 1/2" height; light complexion; brown hair; dark brown eyes; Protestant; can read & write. Use of several alias names. Native place of birth: Easton, Northampton, England. (ref. inf. given on Convict record) Brothers: George & William Probation Period: 36 months. Served time at Norfolk Island (off the east coast of New South Wales) then transferred to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) on 8 April 1847. 1848: at Sandy Bay, Hobart. 1852: at Huon (south of Hobart) 22 May 1854: Ticket of Leave granted. 29 Sept 1857: Conditional Pardon approved. 26 Sept 1865: at Franklin (south of Hobart) charged with stealing peas. 4 months imprisonment with hard labour. 12 Jan 1870: Inquest on a body found and believed to be William SMITH. Accidentally drowned.
Real Name Richard Woodward. 7th March 1839 was tried & acquited at Northampton asizes of the Murder of Elizabeth Longfoot at Easton Lincolnshire in 1838, along with John Archer & John Stancer. Arrested in Oakham Rutland 14 March 1839 for sheep stealing, also the cause of the Lincolnshire riot where a large mob decended upon the house of Woodward & Archer wich was burned to the ground. Arrested Spalding Lincolnshire for braking & entering with theft on the 14th Oct 1839 sentenced to 10yrs transportation mitigated to 18 months in Spalding house of correction. Arrested Spalding Lincolnshire again in 1843 for stealing copper boils, bell metal pans & brass saucepans sentenced to life transportation.