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Transportation
Richard Somerton was transported on the Duke Of Portland, departing 31st Dec 1806 and arriving 27th Jul 1807 with 203 passengers.
Duke Of Portland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 393 (196) |
| 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
Convict index, 1791-1873. Richard Somerton, per Duke of Portland, 1807, Conditional Pardon, 31 Jan 1820.
At the assizes for this county, held, at Taunton, Thomas Dibbell, Richard Yendall, and Mark Flicks, for housebreaking; Stephen Haynes, George Lane alias Wyatt, and Richard Somerton, for horse-stealing; Thos. Pearse, for highway-robberyat Weston, and on the banks of the Rennet and Avon-canal; and George Counsell, for stealing two oxen;- received sentence of death, but were reprieved. St James Chronicle, 12 April 1806.
Captivity Hulk Records. HO-9-8-3. Page 15. Received nine from Castle Taunton, 1st May 1806. Richard Somerton, age 25, Felony, Tried 3 Mar 1806, Life, sent on board Duke of Portland 2 Jan 1807.
Richard arrived in VDL in 1807 per 'King George'. 10/6/1820 The Hobart Town Gazette: Provost Marshal's Office, Hobart Town Wednesday, June 7th, 1820, WHEREAS RICHARD SOMERTON, a Debtor, of the Fat-doe River, broke out of His Majesty's Gaol at Hobart Town, this Morning; all Constables and Peace Officers are hereby authorised to apprehend and lodge in safe Custody the said Richard Somerton, upon whose apprehension a Reward of Two Pounds will be given. JOHN BEAMONT, PROVOST MARSHAL. 8/12/1821 The Hobart Town Gazette: TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS REWARD. Whereas RICHARD SOMERTON, late of Hobart Town, who stands charged with divers Felonies, has absconded from his usual Place of Abode; a Reward of Twenty-five Pounds will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall apprehend the said Richard Somerton, and lodge him in His Majesty's Gaol at Hobart Town. Richard Somerton is conditionally emancipated; stands 5 feet 5½ inches high; dark complexion dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, is 38 years of age, and was tried at Taunton in 1805, and sentenced to be transported for life; he was born in Somersetshire, and arrived at Port Jackson in the ship Duke of Portland, in 1807. By Order of A. W. H. HUMPHREY, Esq. Superintendant of Police, W. ENGLISH, Clerk. Colonial Secretary Papers: SOMERTON, Richard n.d. In index to land grants in Van Diemen's Land (Fiche 3262; 4/438 p.86) 1822 Nov 7: On list of persons at Hobart committed for trial before a Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6017; 4/5783 p.163) 1823 Feb 7-Mar 5: Sentenced to death; commuted to transportation to Macquarie Harbour. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.79) 1823 Mar 20: Tried in Hobart. Sentence commuted to transportation (Reel 6070; 4/1265 p.10) 3/3/1823 Hobart Town Gazette: Wednesday.-This day the Court assembled at 12 o'clock ; when the following prisoners, convicted and remanded for sentence during the Sessions, were placed at the bar, and the following sentences pronounced : OF DEATH ON —George Ray Eldridge, James Woodward, Richard Somerton, and James Woods, for cattle stealing ; Geo. Richardson, James Smith, Robert Oldham, William Davis, Thomas Maskery, Charles Curran, Thomas Starkie, Job Rogers, & Ralph Churton, for sheep-stealing; and Joseph Byrne, for house robbery with violence. 24/5/1833 Hobart Town Courier: Quarter Sessions last week, Richard Somerton, tried for passing away a counterfeited sovereign, was found guilty, and sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment. 13/5/1834: Richard died at Port Arthur.