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Transportation
George Swallow was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 49(26) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 September 2022), April 1811, trial of GEORGE SWALLOW (t18110403-13). GEORGE SWALLOW, Theft > theft from a specified place, 3rd April 1811. 298. GEORGE SWALLOW was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 19th of January , a piece of carpetting, value 9 l. 9 s. the property of Josiah Widnell , Harry Widnell , and Joseph Widnell , in the dwelling-house of the said Josiah Widnell . JOSIAH WIDNELL . I am a carpet manufacturer , No. 4, Holborn, in the City of London . My partners names are Harry Widnell , and Joseph Widnell . On Saturday the 19th of January, about six o'clock in the evening, I observed a person come into the warehouseand take out a piece of carpetting, measuring sixty-four yards. I saw him before he got out of the house, and pursued him instantly; he had got about twenty yards from the house when I collared him. Q. Had you lost sight of him - A. I bad. It was so short a time I am sure it is the same man. When I collared him my brother was after me, we took him into the warehouse. I sent to the Police office, Hatton Garden. Q. What became of the carpet - A. We brought the prisoner and the carpet back again to the warehouse. He had the carpet upon his right shoulder when I collared him. WILLIAM READ . I am an officer of Hatton Garden. I took the prisoner into my custody and took the carpet. I have kept the carpet ever since. This is it. Q. to Mr. Windell. Is that your carpet - A. Yes; I know it is my carpet. It is worth between nine and ten pounds. Q. Who lives in the dwelling-house - A. I did then. I live in the country now. It was my dwelling-house at that time, and nobody else. My brother lives in it now. It is in the parish of St. Andrews. Prisoner's Defence. I was coming up Holborn that evening, a young man asked me if I would carry that load part of the way up Holborn. I being out of work I took it of him, and the moment I took it that gentleman and two others with him came and took me in custody. When the young man gave it me I never saw him afterwards. GUILTY - DEATH , aged 20. London jury, before Mr. Recorder. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18110403-13