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Transportation
John Varley was transported on the William Miles, departing 15th Mar 1828 and arriving 29th Jul 1828 with 192 passengers.
William Miles (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 350 |
| 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
1838 - Marriage Permissions John Varley. Ship/free: William Miles Marriage to: Elizabeth Sherwin. Ship/free: Lord Sidmouth Permission date: 12 Nov 183 Marriage Parish Church, Launceston. Date of marriage: 25 Dec 1838 John Varley aged 42 years old, Widower Eliza Sherwin aged 31 years old. Widow 1851 - Possible Death Record of Eliza Varley aged 40 years old, laborer's wife from Consumption - 03 May 1851 1854 - Court. Status: Conditional pardon Trial date: 2 May 1854 Offense: Burglary. Verdict: Guilty 1867 - Court. Status: Free by servitude Trial date: 8 May 1867. Place of trial: Hobart town Offense: Burglary with intent to steal. Verdict: Guilty 1869 - 28 December 1869. Approved to be Invalided [CON94-1-1 Image 445] 1872 - Health & Welfare Cascades Invalid Depot: POL709-1-9 page 199 (17 Nov 1872 to 01 Dec 1872) - Forwarded to Port Arthur. 1874 - Possible Death Record - 7 January 1874. Aged; 77 years old, free pauper from Meningitis Registered: Tasman
Lynn Sessions Oct. 22. John Varley alias John Smith, for stealing a quantity of corks from the premises of Thomas Mugridge. A former conviction of the prisoner at Nottingham, for felony, having been proved, it appeared that the corks in question, which were of a very unusual description, were through a long chain of circumstances traced to the possession of the prisoner, and a remarkable feature in this case was the circumstance of the corks having been stolen out of a ware room containing some thousand gross, and being the only articles in the room that could have been identified by the prosecutor. The prisoner was a hawker of corks, and had sold the stolen property to respectable wine merchant, at Melton Mowbray, for less than half their value, where they were found by the prosecutor, who was enabled to identify the goods by their remarkable size, superior quality, and other peculiarities. —Guilty. Transportation for life.—When the prisoners were removed from Court, Varley in passing through the gaol yard attempted to make his escape by climbing the roof of a building, but falling, received so severe an injury that his life was for that his life was for sometime despaired of, nor indeed is he yet pronounced out of danger. Cambridge Chronicle, 2 Nov 1827.