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Transportation
Thomas Vaughan was transported on the Red Rover, departing 21st Oct 1830 and arriving 26th Mar 1831 with 168 passengers.
Red Rover (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/1. NSW & Tasmania Pardons HO10/57. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 528 |
| 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
Prison Hulk ship Dolphin moored at Chatham, Received 29 September 1830, aged 20, Offence Robbery, Tranported NSW 15 Oct. 1830 Conduct Record: convicted 7 August 1830 for Robbery Pardon No.79, 1841-1842 - after nearly 11 years in the Colony with good behaviour & nearly 3 years holding Ticket of Leave.
This Thomas Vaughan does not appear to be the body snatcher. Shrewsbury Assizes Mr Justice Park disposed of five or six cases in the Crown Court, one of which was that of a young man named Thomas Vaughan for highway robbery. The prosecutor, John Robinson, was passing along th turnpike road between Shiffnal and Wolverhampton, about nine o’clock on the night of the 1st of July last, when he was attacked by three men, one of whom was the prisoner. They knocked him down, and while the two of them knelt on him the other (the prisoner) rifled his pockets, and took from him 7s 9d in silver and copper. They afterwards made off in the direction towards Kimberton; and the prisoner was apprehended a day or two afterwards, and had on at the time the hat and shoes which he had taken from the prosecutor, who was much injured by the violence and his companions. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and judgement of death was recorded., with an intimation, however, by the Learned Judge, that his life would be spared. Staffordshire Advertiser, 14 Aug 1830 Conduct Report in Tasmania - https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-44$init=CON31-1-44p153 Thomas Vaughan, convicted of robbery, Salop 7 Aug 1830 – sentence, life. Stealing pair of shoes and a hat. Single. Conditional Pardon 1 Jan 1842. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-22$init=CON18-1-22 Description Thomas Vaughan, trade, ploughman, age 22.
...further, it occurs to me that a known bodysnatcher would not have been well received by other convicts, but this Vaughan clearly had well-placed wealthy supporters in the medical and ecclesiastical community, which may have resulted in his crime being somehow deleted from the records...
This may be the Thomas Vaughan who was convicted of bodysnatching at Great Yarmouth in 1827. He was jailed for six months for that crime, but subsequently re-offended. His second crime warranted transportation because he stole the grave-clothes as well as the corpse. https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-great-yarmouth-bodysnatchers-1-5406970