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Crime
Transportation
Charles Taylor was transported on the Morley, departing 31st Oct 1816 and arriving 10th Apr 1817 with 177 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 309 (156) |
| 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 online 444. CHARLES TAYLOR was indicted for stealing, on the 3rd of April , a such, value 4l. two seals, value 2s one key, value 6d and a watch-ribbon, value 3d. the property of John Henry Heiatmon , from his person . JOHN HENRY HEIATMON. About ten o'clock at night, I and a friend were passing the Royalty Theatre, and four or five men together met us, and pushed us from one to the other; a man took hold of my watch, and drew it out of my pocket; I felt him; my friend was going to assist me; the prisoner had hold of him by the collar, and kept him tight, so that he could not, and kept saying to him, I will take your part. We delivered the prisoner to the watchman. Prisoner Defence. I was going along, and I saw these persons together making noise, and after the mob had dispersed, a man said that I had taken the watch; I told him he was very wrong in saying that of me, and when the officers searched me, they found nothing but a few halfpence. GUILTY , aged 22. Transported for life . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.