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Voyage
Transportation
Solomon Towers was transported on the Norwood, departing 13th Mar 1862 and arriving 9th Jun 1862 with 290 passengers.
Norwood (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 406 |
| 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
Lincolnshire Winter Assizes. Felonious Assault at Fulbeck. Solomon Towers, labourer, was charged with rape upon the person of Mary Johnson, his daughter-in-law, at Fulbeck, on the of September last. —Mr. Sills prosecuted, and Mr. Huish defended the prisoner.—The facts of the case are of a most painful nature, and many of them are quite unfit for publication.— The prosecutrix is good-looking country girl 21 years of age, who stated that she had lived in the service of Mr. White, of Caythorpe. but in consequence of some disagreement she was nbout leaving. About eight o'clock on the night of the 14th of September the prisoner, who is her father-in-law, and resides Caythorpe, went to fetch her home from Mr. White's. On leaving there, she accompanied the prisoner to a public-house, and remained there until eleven o'clock at night. They then proceeded homew'-ds, walking side by side, but had not gone far when the prisoner conducted himself an indecent manner towards his . in-law, but she got away from him and stated that she she I rm her mother when she got home. He ran after her overtook her about a mile from Leadenham, and committed the offence for which he was indicted. The prosecutrix then got away from the prisoner ... Lincolnshire Chronicle, 14 Dec 1860. Lincolnshire Winter Assizes. Rape at Fulbeck. Solomon Towers, 41, labourer, was convicted of felonious assault on his daughter-in-law, at Fulbeck, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. Stamford Mercury, 7 Dec 1860.
Born 1820 in Ewerby, Lincolnshire, England. Ticket of Leave Date: 2nd Sept 1865 Married with 6 children and 1 step child. Deceased: 12 Aug 1874 - Bunbury, committed suicide while insane