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Transportation
John Tonks was transported on the Asia 1, departing 25th Jul 1827 and arriving 30th Nov 1827 with 154 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 240. Tasmanian Archives |
| 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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Old Bailey Online JOHN TONKS. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 15th February 1827 Text type Trial account Defendants JOHN TONKS Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 15th February 1827 Reference Number t18270215-218 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 711. JOHN TONKS was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of January , 5 lbs, of sugar, value 4s. , the goods of Letitia Johnson , spinster, and Bell Johnson , spinster . BELL JOHNSON. I am in partnership with my sister Letitia - we are grocers , and live in Earl-street, Lissongrove . On the 26th of January, about half-past one o'clock in the day, I was in the parlour behind the shop; the prisoner came in - I went in, and he asked if I sold glue - I said, No - he went out, and shut the door very quick - Mr. Bell came in, and asked if I had lost any thing - I looked on the desk, and missed the sugar - I am certain of his person - he was brought back. CHARLES BELL . I was standing in front of my house, opposite this shop; a person said he thought that shop was robbed - I saw the prisoner and another person running down the mews - I crossed to Johnson, who missed the sugar; I pursued the prisoner down Devonshire-street, and stopped him in James-street - I asked if he had not been into that shop; he said, Yes; I said, "You have not paid for what you had - come back;" the other did not go back, but the prisoner did, after being abusive - Miss Johnson said he was the boy who was in the shop. BELL JOHNSON. Nobody else could have come into the shop, or I must have seen them; I did not leave the shop after he went out - it was a loaf of sugar. CHARLES RASSELL . I saw the prisoner go into this shop; another person stood outside - the prisoner came out, and handed something to that person, who put it under his coat, and they went away together very fast - I told Mr. Bell - I am sure the prisoner was the one who went in. HENRY STOWELL . I am an officer, and received him in charge. GUILTY . Aged 16. Transported for Seven Years .
John Tonks was convicted at Middlesex, London on 15 Feb 1827 for stealing sugar. Previous convictions. 7yr transportation sentence. Gaol Report: had been in Newgate Prison before Hulk Report: orderly Stated he last lived with his father - John Tonks. Single man, Protestant. No entries on his Conduct Record