Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Taylor was transported on the Perseus And Coromandel, departing 31st Dec 1801 and arriving 14th Aug 1802 with 254 passengers.
Perseus And Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 313 (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
Assizes The business of the Assizes for the county of Wilts commenced at Salisbury on Monday last. ... The trials of the prisoners were then proceeded on and sixteen were capitally convicted, viz.- ...and John Taylor, alias Carver, for breaking into the cheese room of Mr John Tucker, of Leigh, and stealing fourteen or fifteen cheeses. Sentence of death was passed on them, also on James Rawlins, convicted of sheep stealing, at the last Summer Assizes, but whose judgement was then respited. Rawlins, Poore, Fisher, Bolton, Neale, Thomas Jones, Poticary, and Taylor, were, however, all reprieved before the judges left the city. London Courier, 17 Mar 1801 Prison Hulk records: John Taylor, alias Carver, aged 31, convicted to be transported for Life, at New Sarum, 7 Mar 1801. National Archives, HO 9-8-2, p 48.