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William Stanton was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Digitised Indent of ship Albemarle |
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Trial at Old Bailey, 21 Feb 1787 283. WILLIAMÂ STANTONÂ was indicted for feloniously assaulting Thomas Jordan , in a certain field, or open place, near the King's highway, on the 22d day of January last, and putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and feloniously taking from his person, and against his will, one linen check apron, value 1 d. one pair of sheets value 3 s. the property of William Jordan . THOMAS JORDAN . What age are you? - I shall be nine the 28th of next September. WILLIAM JORDAN sworn. Are you the father of Thomas Jordan ? - Yes, I know little of this matter; only I was at work, and they sent for me to the Justice's; my wife sent the boy out. MARY JORDAN sworn. Did you send your boy out with any thing at any time? - Yes, on the 22d of January, between nine and ten in the morning; I sent him to Hammersmith; I live in Phoenix-street, Hog-lane. Who did you send him to there? - To my mother. What did you send him with? - For a pair of sheets. What time did he come home again? - He did not come home to me till he had been at the Justice's; I knew nothing of it till he came home. What was your mother's name? - Mary Ford ; she is in the yard. Call her in. MARY FORD sworn. Where do you live? - At Hammersmith; the little boy came to me on the 22d of January, as near as I can guess; nine o'clock. What did he come for? - He came for a pair of sheets; I wrapped them up in an old apron; I tied them up and gave them to him. What time did you give them to him? - About two o'clock; he staid and breakfasted with me, and dined; I never saw them afterwards. WILLIAM STRICKLAND sworn. I came across Piccadilly, and saw a man with a bundle in his hand in the Park; the 22d of last January, between three and four in the afternoon, a little boy came running after him, saying, stop that man, he has got my bundle; the little boy had got his breeches down; I followed the man; he went towards Piccadilly to Hyde Park; I overtook him in Park-lane; I said to him, stop, you have something more than your own; he said, if it was mine, I might take it; he would have given me the bundle; I said, it was not mine; he had the bundle in his hand; I stopped till the child came up, and had the bundle; the child said, it was his; I took the prisoner to the Justice's; the prisoner said, he found the bundle; the bundle was delivered to me at the Justice's I have it now; this is the bundle the prisoner had; I have had it ever since. (The sheets deposed to.) JOHN JENKINS sworn. I keep a musick shop in Leicester-street, Swallow-street; I was going to teach a gentleman; there was a crowd, I asked what was the matter, and they said, he had stole a pair of sheets from the boy; I did not see him steal the sheets; I took the parcel from the little boy before the Justice; I did not see the bundle taken from the prisoner. Court to Thomas Jordan . Do you know any thing of the nature of an oath? - Yes, Sir. What is the consequence if you swear falsely? - I shall go to the bad place if I tell a lye. And do you know that people are punished here if they speak falsely? - Yes. Who tells you so? - My master teaches me that. THOMAS JORDAN sworn. I was coming home, and I went into the Green Park to ease myself, my bowels were very bad, and the old man was smoaking his pipe by the wall; when he saw my bundle; and I put it under his arm when I sat down; then I put it upon my knee, and when he saw me put it under me he came and snatched it away. Did he say any thing to you? - Nothing at all. He offered no violence to you? - He said nothing to me; the prisoner is the man that took the bundle from me. PRISONER's DEFENCE. Coming from Hyde-park I went to ease myself, I found a little bit of a bundle, and I put it under my arm, and two men came and took it from me; some people said to the little boy, you little dog, say he took it from you; the man that took me before the Justice was in liquor, cursing, swearing and blaspheming; I have sent for my witnesses but they are not here. GUILTY, Of stealing, but not violently . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
Digitised Indent of ship Albemarle Thomas Petree, William Edsell, Esau Clements, John Cox, Michael Doyle, William Stanton, Thomas Warner, tried at Justice Hall Old Bailey, Middlesex, 21 Feb 1787, seven years. William Stanton died 17 Sept, Lat 42.12, Long 117.37