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Voyage
Transportation
William (The Younger) Tulip was transported on the Duncan, departing 10th Dec 1840 and arriving 18th Apr 1841 with 259 passengers.
Duncan (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 263 (133) |
| 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
Bridget Norton - Who Had Been his Common Law Wife From About 1853 Residence - 19yrs 12 March 1836 - Durham, England Charged At The Durham Assizes Court With Robbing Cornelius Doherty Along With Edward Batey And Nicholas Stokoe Found Not Guilty Occupation - 23yrs 1839 - Durham, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom Collier Residence 29 February 1840 - Durham, England Charged At The Durham Assizes Court Of Highway Robbery At Winlaton On 31-Jan-1840 & Wounding James Robinson Along With Edward Batey & Another Man Named Veitch Found Guilty And Sentenced To Death. Sentence Commuted To Transportation For Life. Residence 30 Apr 1840 - Chatham and Woolwich On Board The Prison Hulk Ship Warrior. Departure 10 Dec 1840 - Sheerness, Kent, England On Board The Prison Ship Duncan Residence - 34yrs 29 Sep 1851 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Ticket Of Leave Granted Court - 38yrs Dec 1854 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Committal For Trial With William Sordin For Robbing Thomas Johnson On 19-Dec 8 Jan 1855 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Charged With Robbing Thomas Johnson Found Guilty And Sentenced To 10 Years Transportation. Court - 44yrs 18 Mar 1861 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Charged With Assault On John Warren On 16 March Found Not Guilty 22 Mar 1861 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Charged For Misconduct As A Prisoner Of The Crown In Not Proceeding To Evandale According To The Tenor Of His Pass. Found Guilty Sentenced To One Month Hard Labour Court - 45yrs 2 Oct 1862 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Charged For Misconduct As A Prisoner Of The Crown For Keeping A Common Brothel In Patterson Street. Told To Leave Town Court - 48yrs 30 May 1865 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Charged With Assault On Charles Mills Case Dismissed Court - 50yrs 28 Feb 1867 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Remanded In Custody With John Lever Charged With Stealing From John Jonstone At Mowbury Races On The 26 Feb 21 Mar 1867 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Charged With Stealing From John Jonstone Pleads Not Guilty 22 Mar 1867 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Ordered To Remain In Custody Until The Next Sitting Of The Court After The Jury Could Not Reach A Verdict And Were Dismissed Court - 51yrs 30 Mar 1868 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia fined £3 For Disturbing The Peace Occupation 55yrs 1871 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Carpenter Employed By Mr Fowns Court - 56yrs 18 Aug 1873 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Fined 10 Shillings For Being Drunk
TUESDAY. March 3. WILLIAM TULIP (23) was charged with having, the parish of Winlaton. feloniously assaulted and wounded James Robinson, and robbed him and robbed him of £180, two purses, and eight bank notes of the value £5. each. Durham Chronicle, 7 March 1840. ---------------------------------------------------- A letter was received at the prison the same morning from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ordering William Tulip, against whom sentence of death was recorded at the last assizes, for robbery, to be transported for life. Newcastle Courant, 13 March 1840. ------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, the following convicts were removed from Durham gaol, to the hulks, William Tulip, to be transported for life; and Ann Collins, Agnes Henry, and Agnes McDevot, 10 years. Durham Chronicle, 2 May 1840.
National Archives. HO 18/17/18 Prisoner name: William Tulip the younger, aged 23. Court and Date of Trial: Durham Lent Assizes, February 1840. Crime: Highway robbery and wounding James Robinson. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's Report: Character not known. Warrior hulk. Outcome: Nil. Petitions and letters: Petition from 214 inhabitants of Bell's Close and neighbourhood, Newburn, Northumberland, pleading previous good character and unsatisfactory identification, with covering letter from William Tulip, senior, of Bell's Close, the prisoner's father. Date 1840 Mar.