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Crime
Transportation
Walter Snow was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
Indian (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 15 (9) |
| 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
Tasmanian Records: Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-38/CON31-1-38P171 No 501. Walter Snow. See Record for full details. Walter was sentenced to Newcastle for 5 years in 1818, as punishment for stealing wearing apparel. He again was tried in 1827, but acquitted. Dead. See Memo, 22 April 1839. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRIMINAL COURT, LAUNCESTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24. Richard Clanson was charged with stealing 250 pounds weight of beef on the 23d of November; the properly of some person unknown and Walter Snow was charged with receiving it knowing it to have been stolen. Both— Acquitted. Hobart Town Gazette, 3 Feb 1827. A man named Walter Snow, holding a ticket-of-leave, was apprehended on the 20th March last, on suspicion of having stolen property in his possession, and was once, or twice examined before Mr. Wales, the Police Magistrate, and remanded for further examination to the gaol, where he was placed in a solitary, or a cell by himself, when about seven o'clock in the morning of Wednesday last, the 3rd of April, he was discovered hanging by a black silk handkerchief which he …. the cell in which he was confined, and quite dead. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of “Felo-de-se,” and the body was buried privately in the Morven Burial Ground. Cornwall Chronicle, 6 April 1839.
PUBLIC NOTICE WHEREAS the following Persons have absented themselves from Government Labour : — This is therefore to caution the Inhabitants in general against harbouring, encouraging, employing, or secreting any of the said Absentees, on pain of rigid Prosecution ; — Viz. William Fitzgerald - Edward Scarr John Madden - John Cullen John Stenning - Randal Oar John Carter - Walter Snow John Carter - John Sanders. And all Constables and others are hereby required to use their utmost endeavours in apprehending the said Absentees, and lodging them in safe Custody. By Command of His Excellency the Governor, ISSAC NICHOLS, Principal Superintendent. Sydney Gazette, 23 May 1812. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Five of the men listed above were sent to Port Dalrymple with Walter. Tasmanian Doc: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-1/CON13-1-1P29 List of 30 convicts embarked for Port Dalrymple on board His Majestys Brig Lady Nelson, 29 June 1812. per Indian. Walter Snow, Leicester Boro Assizes, 23 Mar 1809, Life, Bricklayer. Remarks:Tollerable good. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Portsmouth Hulks. HO-9-8-3. One of Four received from Leicester, 14 June 1809. Walter Snow, age 29 Burglary, Tried 23 March at Leicester, NSW Life, Sent on Indian 27 June 1810.
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23) No; 501 Name; Walter Snow Height; 5 Ft 4 1/2 in Hair; D. Brown Eyes; Hazel Age; 37 [1773] Trade; Bricklayer Trial; Leicester - 1809 - Life. Ship; To NSW per Indian & Lady Nelson Native Place; Burton upon Trent Remarks; Committed Suicide. Vide Memo 22 April 1839