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Crime
Transportation
Edward Ward was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 402 England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Lancashire 1827 |
| 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
Absconded. 3. Ward Edward, No. 28-1911, Albion, 21, Cotton Spinner, Meath, 5 feet 6, grey eyes, brown hair, ruddy comp. from No. 4 Iron Gang. 2d time of running. Sydney Gazette, 9 Feb 1830.
1846, April 16: On a list of convicts who were assigned to Ironed Gangs and Road Parties at Woolloomooloo – sent there from Hyde Park Barracks (HPB), for six months, for absconding. Returned to HPB on 5 September. Listed as on Bond (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Ironed Gangs and Road Parties; Miscellaneous Records of Ironed Gangs in Woolloomooloo, 1840-1848). 1853, 4 May: A notation on Convict Indents says “Free 4 May 1853 see particulars on Petition 46/9437 5 October 1846” but no record of a Ticket of Leave, Certificate of Freedom or Pardon has been found so far. N/D, 14 November: Edward WARD per Albion had a balance of £1/14/2 with the Savings Bank of New South Wales for this record’s period of 1833-40 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Savings Bank Books, 1824-1886). A further record, also N/D, shows he had a balance of £2/16/2 in the Savings Bank Ledger and £1/14/2 in the Convict Ledger, both with the Savings Bank of New South Wales for 1833-40.
1830, 26 August: From the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, p3: “Campbell Town Assizes: MONDAY, 16th. Patrick Cullen, Michael Fox, John Egan, and Edward Ward, were indicted for a highway robbery, at Liverpool, on the 10th July last, upon one Daniel Mageen. Guilty, Death.” 1830, 4 October: Sent from Phoenix Hulk and arrived Moreton Bay per the Governor Phillip. Listed as aged 20; a labourer. He ran away twice. The first escape was on 9 July 1833 but he was brought back to the settlement on 29 July. He made his second escape in September 1838 and was never returned to Moreton Bay (see Kenneth J Lamb, Canberra 2013, Moreton Bay Convict Runaways database; New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Phoenix Hulk: Discharge Book, 1825-1830). 1843, 16 February: Admitted to Parramatta Jail from Liverpool; Protestant; labourer; sentenced to two months on the treadmill, sent there on 17 February. Behaviour in jail described as “drunk and disorderly” (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930). 1846, April: An illegible notation on his Convict Idents record has this date.
1830, 24 August: Admitted to the Phoenix Hulk, Edward WARD per Albion, for colonial conviction for highway robbery; sentence of death recorded, commuted to 14 years at Moreton Bay (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Phoenix Hulk: Entrance Books, 1825-1831). 1830, 16 August: Edward WARD, was sentenced to 14 years (commuted from Death), for highway robbery by the Campbelltown Criminal Court (see Kenneth J Lamb, Canberra 2013, Moreton Bay Convict Runaways database). 1830, 24 August: Admitted to Sydney Jail along with three other men – Patrick Cullen, Michael Fox and John Eagan – for highway robbery. A sentence of death was recorded for each man by the Criminal Court (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book, Sydney 1825-1832).
1829, 11 December: Admitted to Sydney Jail; convicted by the General Sessions, Sydney, for stealing and sentenced to six months on the Iron Gang at Parramatta. Sent there on 22 December (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book, Sydney 1825-1832). 1830, 22 February: Admitted to Sydney Jail from the General Sessions, Sydney. Sent there for being a runaway from the No.4 Iron Gang. He was given 75 lashes and returned to the Iron Gang at Parramatta on 15 March (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book, Sydney, 1825-1832).
1828: On arrival in NSW, he was aged 20. He was a cotton spinner by trade, and could not read or write. Sentenced to seven years, he had four previous convictions. He was 5’6” tall, with a ruddy complexion, brown hair and grey eyes. He was assigned to the service of Dr Halloran at Sydney (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1827-1828). Note about Dr Halloran: Much can be gleaned from this notice in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Wed 2 Jan 1828, p4, Classified Advertising: “DR. HALLORAN has the Honor to announce to his Friends, and the Public, his Intention to retire at the Close of the ensuing Vacation, from his present Residence in Sydney, to Mr. LOANE’s beautiful marine Villa, BIRCH GROVE; and to devote his Time, his Experience, and the best Energies of his Mind, to the Education of a select Number of PUPILS, NOT EXCEEDING TWELVE, whose Health, Comfort, and Moral and Literary Improvements, will engage his most anxious Attention. “The Advantages that must result from this proposed Arrangement, to the Students under his Care, Dr. HALLORAN conceives to be too self-evident to require Illustration; and the (*) Terms for Board and Education will not be advanced beyond the Standard at which they were originally fixed, when the Number of his Pupils was indefinite, and when the Exposure to moral Contagion by indiscriminate Association (which has long been a Subject of serious Complaint with the more respectable Families) was inevitable, and irremediable. “Some Vacancies are still Open, for which early Application is requested, to Dr. HALLORAN, No. 53, Phillip-street. “(*) Sixty Guineas per Annum, payable Half-yearly in Advance. “Doctor HALLORAN will commence his proposed Course of Theological Lectures, as soon as the necessary Preparations, now in Progress, shall be completed; of which timeIy Notice will begin. Sydney, Dec. 15, 1827.”
1825, April: Edward WARD was convicted at the Lancashire April Sessions for larceny and was sentenced to 3 months’ imprisonment (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Lancashire 1825). 1826, April: Edward WARD was convicted at the Lancashire April Sessions for larceny and was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment and whipped (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Lancashire 1826). 1827, January: Edward WARD was acquitted at the Lancashire January Sessions on a charge of larceny (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Lancashire 1827). 1827, 30 April: Edward WARD was sentenced at the Lancaster April Sessions to seven years’ transportation for stealing a waistcoat (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Lancashire 1827).