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Transportation
David Tasker 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 252. Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department Registers (128/38 - 39). |
| 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
WHAT BECAME OF GEORGE ARCHER? After 12 years in five different prisons -- in England and abroad in Bermuda -- George Archer was granted a Licence for Parole #9255, also known as a Ticket of Leave, for early release from Portsmouth prison, Cumberland Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Geo Archer; Portsmouth Prison; Register of Prisoners; labelled 1880-1881). The record below suggests that he did not re-offend and, thus, lose his Ticket: "Reference: PCOM 3/88/9255 Description: Licence number 9255: George Archer. Caption order and prison record from when he was convicted of housebreaking with intent to steal and wilful fire raising at the Circuit Court of Judiciary at Perth, Scotland 03 May 1849. Then aged 26 years and by trade a sailor. Sentence: Life years penal servitude. Licence granted 03 May 1861, for early release from Portsmouth prison. Date: 1861 May 3 Held by: The National Archives, Kew (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10518001).
FOOTNOTE: Newspaper report of the trial: David Tasker, George Archer, and James Patterson (the latter of whom was outlawed for not appearing), pled not guilty to a charge of housebreaking, theft, and wilful fire-raising—aggravated the usual way—they having, 10th December, broken into the warping-room of the manufactory at Pole Park, Dundee, belonging to Mr. John Mitchell, flax spinner there, and taken from a lockfast desk 7s. in bank notes and silver; likewise with having broken into the said warping-room on the 10th January thereafter with intent to steal, and then wilfully setting fire to a quantity of yarn, which would have soon destroyed the whole building, with all the goods and machinery therein, had not the fire been providentially discovered in time for the prevention of such serious consequences. As it was, the damages were estimated at £475. The case going to trial, and after patient hearing of a rather heavy but very corroborative mass of evidence, the jury, retiring for about twenty minutes, unanimously found the prisoners guilty of the second charge, and the other not proven. They were sentenced to transportation for life." (Perthshire Advertiser, Thursday 10 May 1849, p3 at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/). --00--
From his Fremantle jail record: TASKER, David; #4701, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Alias: TUSKER Date of Birth: 1829 Date of Death: 23 Apr 1858 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Stone cutter Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Perth, Perth, Scotland Crime: House breaking Sentence Period: Life (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
TRIAL: 3 May, 1849: National Records of Scotland -- Reference JC26/1849/64 Trial papers relating to James Paterson, David Tasker and George Archer for the crime of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places, housebreaking with intent to steal, and wilful fire-raising, or attempt to commit wilful fire-raising. Tried at High Court, Perth. Accused: James Paterson, Verdict: Outlawed, Verdict Comments: Outlaw and fugitive, Sentence: Outlawed and put to the horn. Note: With David Tasker and George Archer. Accused: David Tasker, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty - second charge, Sentence: Transportation - Life. Note: Continued in JC11/95, ff.32r & 32v. The first charge was not proven. Also with James Paterson. Accused: George Archer, not married, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty - second charge, Sentence: Transportation - Life. Note: Continued in JC11/95, ff.32r & 32v. The first charge was not proven. Also with James Paterson. --00--
CRIME -- ALLEGED THEFT, HOUSEBREAKING and ARSON: 1849: National Records of Scotland -- Reference AD14/49/297 Precognition against David Tasker and George Archer for the crime of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places, housebreaking with intent to steal, and wilful fire-raising, or attempt to commit wilful fire-raising. Accused: David Tasker, Age: 17, mill worker, Address: Murraygate, Dundee, with William Findlay, Steam Loom Dresser. Accused: George Archer, not married, Age: 27, sailor and dresser, Address: Chapelshade, Dundee. --0--