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James Walkinshaw was transported on the John, departing 3rd Aug 1833 and arriving 1st Dec 1833 with 261 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 196 |
| 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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Source: Prisoner No. 1688 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-47/CON31-1-47P22) Free Servitude 16 May 1847.
Old Bailey Online JAMES WALKINSHAW. Theft; pocketpicking. 16th May 1833. Text type Trial account Defendants JAMES WALKINSHAW Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 16th May 1833 Reference Number t18330516-97 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation Before Mr. Sergeant Arabin . 981. JAMES WALKINSHAW was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of April , 1 watch, value 30s.; 1 watch-key, value 6d., and 1 piece of ribbon, value 1d., the property of Richard Jones , from his person . RICHARD JONES. I am a solicitor's clerk . I was in Brook-street, Holborn , on the 16th of April, about a quarter before seven o'clock in the evening; three or four young men came round me, but I could not recognize any one of them - they hustled me about and then ran off; I put my hand to my fob immediately, and missed my watch; it was a double-cased silver watch - I can't say that the prisoner was one of them. Cross-examined by MR. BARRY. Q. I suppose you were sober? A. Yes. HENRY JOHNSON . I am an apprentice to Mr. Wilson, of Eyre-street-hill. I was in Brook-street on the evening in question; I saw Mr. Jones there, and three or four young men about him - the prisoner came in front of him and snatched his watch from his fob; it appeared to be a silver watch - they all ran over the road and up Fox-court; I was taken to a house in Drury-lane about ten or eleven o'clock the same night, and the officer brought the prisoner down to me - I am sure he is the person. Cross-examined. Q. This occurred all in a moment? A. Yes, the prisoner was a stranger to me; I went on to Leather-lane after I saw it, and when I got there it was about five minutes past seven o'clock; when I went to the public-house, the prisoner was brought down to me. Q. Now, consider; did you not say when you saw him,"I think he is the man?" A. No, I did not; I am sure he is the man. COURT. Q. Then you did not say "I think he is the man?" A. The policeman brought him down and said"Do you know this man;" I said he is very much like him - he then turned round and I said, "That is the man, but he has changed his waistcoat." RICHARD BAYLIS (police-sergeant G 5). I heard of this about nine in the evening, from the son of the gaoler at Hatton-garden; I went to Johnson, and he described the prisoner - I went to the Great Mogul in Drury-lane, saw the prisoner there with three or four other men; I brought him down, and Johnson said, "I think it is him"- I said, "Be sure;" the prisoner then turned round, and he said, "I am sure it is him, only he has changed his waistcoat" - I have known the prisoner a long time, his parents are respectable - I can't find the watch. Prisoner's Defence. On the 16th of April, from six o'clock till half-past eight, I was at work for my father at his house, No. 21, Tash-street - I was polishing a watch ready for gilding; when my father came home, he gave me a shilling - I went to the Great Mogul, and the officer came and took me. JAMES WALKINSHAW . I am the prisoner's father. I am a watch-finisher, and live at No. 21, Tash-street - on the evening my son was taken, I went from home at six o'clock, leaving him at home at tea; I returned a quarter before nine; I had left him a piece of work which he could not do in less than an hour and a half or two hours - the work was done. COURT. Q. You live but a short distance from Brook-street? A. No, the prisoner might have gone out - I can't account for the officer picking him out in Drury-lane, but I believe he frequently went there in the evening - my son was in trouble once before, I think it was for stealing a plane. GUILTY . Aged 21. - Transported for Fourteen Years .