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Transportation
Benjamin Hooper Spier was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 230. https://fremantleprison.com.au/ |
| 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
From his Fremantle jail record: SPIER, Benjamin Hooper; #4681, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1831 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Clerk Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: London, London, England Crime: Forgery Sentence Period: 15 years Ticket of Leave Date: 15 Mar 1858 Conditional Pardon Date: 23 Sep 1861 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/) --00--
TRIAL -- 29 January, 1855: Old Bailey #263. BENJAMIN HOOPER SPIERS, feloniously forging and uttering, on 6th April, an order for the payment of 58l. 8s. 6d.; also, on 18th Dec., an order for 370l.; also, on 18th Dec., a request for the delivery of a banker's cheque book, with intent to defraud: to all which he PLEADED GUILTY. Aged 24. (Mr. George Young, manager of the Bank at Swansea, and Mr. William Benham, schoolmaster, of Gloucester, deposed to the prisoner's good character.) MR. BODKIN, for the prosecution, stated that since the prisoner had been in custody, he had made a statement, exculpating others from all blame, and preventing much inconvenience to the Bank. Transported for Fifteen Years. Before Mr. Baron Parke and the First Jury (https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/). --00--