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Voyage
Transportation
John Walker was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 275 (138) |
| 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
Forgery On Saturday last, a man named John Walker, from Cluny, in Aberdeenshire, committed for trial the jail of Inverness, charged with uttering at the Bank of Scotland's office here, a forged bill of the amount of having various forged names thereon, and, among others! that of Colonel Gordon of Cluny. searching his person two other forged bills for large sums were found. Fife Herald, 16 June 1831. John Walker, sheep and cattle dealer, at Brockholes, Aberdeenshire, was indicted for having fabricated a bill for £21 10s ?d . to which were. attached the forged signatures of several persons. Sentence—14 years' transportation; . The Scotsman, 1 October 1831.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/14/20 [1831; 1832] Papers concerning John Walker, tenant farmer, convicted at Inverness Circuit Court for forgery. There is a letter from the prisoner to the Home Secretary denying his guilt, querying if magistrates had a warrant to arrest him and protesting his innocence. The sheriff substitute, John Edwards, fled the country and has not been seen for sometime. Grounds for clemency: denies guilt of crime, has accounts to settle Colonel Grant of Grants Estates with his factor (land agent), that he was previously robbed of a large sum of money, that he had been mistakenly put on board The Hope at Inverness and moved to the hulks, that he was never brought before the sheriff or magistrates, and that he was attacked by a group of men. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Annotated: 'Nil'. AX 11. [Scot].
TRIAL: On 26 September 1831, John Walker, 29, a sheep and cattle dealer from Brockholes, Aberdeenshire, was charged for forgery, using and uttering forged bills and sentenced to 14 years' transportation (see National Records of Scotland, Reference AD14/31/85). IMPRISONMENT: On 5 November 1831 he was received aboard the Justitia Hulk moored at Woolwich as prisoner #5209, listed as 25 years old. He left the hulk on 10 February 1832 to be sent for transportation (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849; Justitia Register 1803-1836). DEATH: John Walker never made it to VDL. He died during the voyage of "the cholera" (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-46$init=CON31-1-46p171).