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Thomas Whitfield was transported on the Indefatigable, departing 30th Sep 1814 and arriving 26th Apr 1815 with 202 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. (Details of the 1812 sailing are to be found under separate listing for Indefatigable and Minstrel.)
Indefatigable (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 184 |
| 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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Tried at the Old Bailey, 6 July 1814. 673. THOMAS WHITFIELD was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 30th of June ; a pair of stockings, value 1 s. and a handkerchief, value 6 d. the property of Ann Nichols , widow . ANN NICHOLS . I am a widow; live at No. 8, May-place, at the bottom of Brook-street, Hampstead-road. I lost my stockings and handkerchief the last day in June; I left them in the watchhouse on the Wednesday night at eleven o'clock. Q. Who took them - A. I believe the prisoner. They broke open the place. They wrenched the post, and broke part of the post away to get the bolt back. GEORGE SQUIB. On the 30th of June, about six o'clock in the morning, I being in the watchhouse, a person cried stop thief. The prisoner came the back road where this woman lived; he being likely to be pursued, threw the copper down. He was caught by a gentleman's coachman, and in the prisoner's pocket I found this pair of stockings and this handkerchief, which Mrs. Nichols claimed. Prosecutrix. These are my stockings and handkerchief. Prisoner's Defence. I was going along the Hampstead-road; I met two men, they asked me if I would carry a copper for them; I answered them I would. They took me in a field; the copper laid in the hedge. They put it on my head. I carried it across the Hampstead-road, and going by the watchhouse a man stopped me with it. GUILTY , aged 18. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. 674. THOMAS WHITFIELD was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 30th of June , a copper, value 1 l. the property of Richard Saunders , affixed to a certain building of his . ELLIS KIME . I watched the prisoner and another man; I saw them go behind a house; they came back with a copper; I said, I think they have been stealing this copper. I told a man to step forwards to the watchhouse door. The other man was walking behind Whitfield; he ran away. Whitfield finding the other gone, he threw the copper down on my leg. A coachman stopped the prisoner. The prisoner was not out of my sight the whole time. The prisoner is the person that had the copper on his head. This is the copper. Prosecutor. This copper was in my washhouse. It is my house. Mrs. Nichols lives with me. It was stolen at the same time the other things were. Prisoner's Defence. In the Hampstead-road, this man asked me to carry this copper. I had a shilling for carrying it to St. Giles's. GUILTY , aged 18. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records HO-9-9_1 page 29. Received on board, from Newgate, 31 Aug 1814 Thomas Whitfield, age 18, Felony, Tried Newgate, 6 July 1814, 14 years, Discharged 13 Sept to NSW.