Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Stewart 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 234 |
| 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
NEWSPAPER report of the trial: 20 March, 1855 -- from the Sherborne Mercury, p4: "Dorset Assizes -- Burglary at Marnhull. William Stewart, 34, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking into the house of Samuel White, Marnhull, and stealing 13 silver teaspoons, other plate, knives and forks, hats, cloth caps, and a variety of other articles. Jane Mackenzie, 30, was charged with the same offence, and pleaded not guilty. White is a grocer of Marnhull, and on the night the 30th of July last a burglary was committed at his premises. The Sunday following the two prisoners were found by C. Randall walking together along the road; the woman was carrying a bundle, which the officer insisted on opening and found in it the stolen plate and other articles, afterwards identified as the property of Mr. White. The policeman at once apprehended the prisoner, but only with difficulty and while a straggle was going on between the two, the woman ran away. P.C. Skidmore came soon after, and having secured the man, the officers hunted for the woman, whom they found concealed in a hedge in a field, with a basket in which was a piece of cheese that corresponded with a piece found in the bundle, both pieces corresponding with a piece in Mr. White's house. The day before the robbery the two prisoners were seen drinking together in a public-house. The woman made lengthy defence of herself, which amounted to the statement that her meeting with the male prisoner was accidental; that she knew nothing about him or about the robbery, and that the reason of her being found in the hedge was that she was taken ill. She was found Guilty. Stewart was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and Mackenzie to nine months' imprisonment." --0--
PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS: 12 March, 1855: At the Dorchester Assizes, Co Dorset, William Stewart was convicted of burglary, with a previous conviction for felony (stealing a watch in 1853); sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for William Stewart; England; Dorset; 1855). --0--