Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Snell was transported on the Triton, departing 4th Aug 1842 and arriving 19th Dec 1842 with 257 passengers.
Triton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 164 |
| 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
Triton Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-15/CON14-1-15P269 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-15/CON14-1-15P270 William Wilson, single, can read and write, Offence, Stealing some watches, sugar , ? etc, from the Green Public House- kept by Mrs Carrington of Ipswich. Snell, on board, for same. Repd. For suspn. of housebreaking, for stealing £10, discharged. For sheep robbery 5 days and discharged. Surgeon’s report: Very bad, 3 offences. Trade, perfect groom. Native place, Ikeham, Suffolk. Relations: F, Samuel keeps the Chaise and Pair at Ipswich. M, Elizabeth; B, Jno, Samuel, Geo; S, Betsy, Eliza, Ellen, Emma, Maria. Note added: A record in favor of this man filed away in Rep,’s office s’d, John Barker, a suspicion in Ipswich.
Ipswich Borough Sessions. ... It appeared that the evening of the 10th May, the Gun Inn, St. Clement’s was robbed money notes, gold, and silver, to an amount above 40/., besides various small articles . The prisoner Snell, a bad character, who had for some time been well (Known by?) the police, in the course the evening, had been noticed watching outside a door of the house in Orwell Street, and Wilson, also under the surveillance of the police was known have been drinking in the tap room, during the evening. ... Suffolk Chronicle, 18 June 1842. ROBBERY AT THE GUN INN. William Wilson, 22, William Snell, 22, and Eliza Green, 21, the latter wearing it black bonnet and ostrich feathers, her hair also being …., were charged with having stolen from the dwelling-house of Henrietta Carrington, two 5£. notes of the Ipswich and Needham Bank, seven Sovereigns and other monies. ... Ipswich Journal, 18 June 1842. Sentence, Snell and Wilson, 15 years' transportation each. Green, the female prisoner, 7 years’ transportation. Ipswich Journal, 18 June 1842.