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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Tuke 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 243 (123) |
| 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
GEORGE TUKE, a boy thirteen years of age, was charged with with stealing a ten pound note, the property of his masters, Messrs Mark Wainwright and Son., The prisoner pleaded guilty; Mr. B…. stated the circumstances of the case to the Jury, ... the prisoner having contrived in the momentary absence of his employers to abstract the note from the desk In the counting-house. The Recorder, in passing the judgment of the Court upon the prisoner, stated that he had been convicted only the last session of stealing a note of five pounds note from the present prosecutors, who had the kindness to receive him again into their service, after the lenient punishment which the Court had then inflicted upon him, and as it could not be expected that these gentleman should again take him into their service, he must be thrown upon the world without tire means of gaining a livelihood, and he would be … to have recourse to dishonest means of obtaining ...under these circumstances the Court could not either ... Leeds Mercury, 20 Oct 1825. Leeds Borough Sessions. GEORGE TUKE, stealing a £10 bill from Messrs. Walnwrights. Transported 7 years. Leeds Intelligencer, 20 Oct 1825. The following sixteen male convicts were, on Monday morning, removed from from York Castle, to delivered board the Justitia Hulk at Woolwich, to undergo the sentence of transportation for the term of seven years each;— ...George Tuke, ... Hull Advertiser, 11 Nov 1825. The National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 Hulks at Chatham. Received: Eight from The Justitia, 7 Dec 1825. George Tuke, age 15, Stg money from his employer, Tried Leeds, 17 Oct 1825, 7 years. How disposed of: NSW, per Asia, 21 July 1827. (I am not sure which Hulk he was transferred to, but suspect it was the Euryalus at Chatham, which housed very young convicts.)