Robert Spinks

Robert Spinks, one of 250 convicts transported on the Candahar, 26 March 1842

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Spinks
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1823
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Date of Death:	1844
Age:	21 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Beastiality
Convicted at:	Norfolk Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Candahar
Departure date:	26th March, 1842
Arrival date:	20th July, 1842
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 250 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 52
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Leonie Dolley on 24th April, 2013 wrote:

Robert died at Salt Water River 11\5\1844.

Stuart BOYD on 27th October, 2017 wrote:

Court records record crime a ‘Bestiality’ Home Office: Convict Hulks, Convict Prisons And Criminal Lunatic Asylums: Quarterly Returns Of Prisoner HO8 70

Convict Changes History

Leonie Dolley on 24th April, 2013 made the following changes:

date of birth 1823, date of death 1844, gender, occupation, crime

Stuart BOYD on 27th October, 2017 made the following changes:

crime