William Thomas Stocker

William Thomas Stocker, one of 292 convicts transported on the Calcutta, February 1803

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Thomas Stocker
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Forgery
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Calcutta
Departure date:	February, 1803
Arrival date:	4th October, 1803
Place of arrival	New South Wales [Port Phillip]
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 293 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 341 (170)
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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Tony Beale on 10th December, 2020 wrote:

Old Bailey Online

391. WILLIAM-THOMAS STOCKER was indicted for that he, on the 20th of January , feloniously, knowingly, wittingly, and without lawful excuse, had, in his custody and possession, divers forged and counterfeited Bank-notes for the payment of five pounds each, he well knowing them to be forged and counterfeited .

The prisoner pleaded GUILTY .

Transported for fourteen years .

First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Thompson .

Convict Changes History

Tony Beale on 10th December, 2020 made the following changes:

gender: m, crime