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Transportation
Robert Toplis was transported on the John, departing 18th Jul 1827 and arriving 25th Nov 1827 with 189 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 224 |
| 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
Hulk Records. HO-9-1_3 page 21. Received from Derby 25 May 1827. Robt Toplis, age 22, Stg Sheep, Tried Derby, 19 Mar 1827, Life, NSW 11 July 1827.
On Thursday and Friday last the following Convicts from our County Gaol were safely delivered on board the Dolphin hulk at Chatham, viz. John Hibbert, William Thorp, Thomas Allen, alias Hammond, and Joseph Wood, to be transported for the term of fourteen years ; and William Foster, James Roley, Robert Toplis, and John Brough, for the term of their natural life. Derby Mercury, 30 May 1827.
HO 17/39/1921827 1 letter/petition (Sir George Crewe) on behalf of Robert Poplis alias Robert Toplis, pastry chef convicted in 1827 at Derby Lent Assizes for sheep stealing from Edward Ordish. There is letter from Thomas Ley Greaves, the solicitor for the 'Association for the Prosecution of Felons', requesting that prisoner's petition be ignored stating that the prisoner has said the sheep was a gift from his mistress whom he had had illicit intercourse. There is a letter [answered] 31 March 1837 from [signature illegible] regarding a petition [wanting]. Grounds for clemency: [petition is illegible in parts] the prisoner was prosecuted maliciously, not an old offender, and the petition asks for his return from abroad. Initial sentence: death, commuted to transportation for life. Annotated: 'rejected 4 May'. Fm42