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Joseph Ward was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 7th Sep 1840 and arriving 5th Feb 1841 with 322 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 212 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online JOSEPH WARD. Theft; pocketpicking. 12th August 1839 Text type Trial account Defendants JOSEPH WARD Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 12th August 1839 Reference Number t18390812-2161 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 2161. JOSEPH WARD was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of August, 1 pair of hoots, value 5s.; 8 shillings, and 1 sixpence; the goods and monies of Joseph Blizzard, from his person. JOSEPH BLIZZARD . I live at Cottage-place, Vauxhall-wharf. On the 6th of August I was at work at Cow-cross, and went to sleep in the pens in Smithfield, about half past nine o'clock, with my boots on, I awoke about ten o'clock, and the boots were then off my feet, and the prisoner bad them under his arm—I gave an alarm, and he ran through the posts—I lost sight of him, but I took particular notice of him—I stopped till I got another old pair of shoes—I went to different shops, but could see nothing of my boots—I came back and saw the prisoner in the same place where I had been robbed, with a gang of people—I went to the officer and gave him into custody—my boots have not been found—the prisoner was rising from the ground when I saw him—be let my foot drop—I was perfectly sober—the prisoner said, "You will never find the boots again, they are far enough off now." ANDREW TWEE DALE . I am a City police-constables I took the prisoner to the Computer—he said, "I have sold the boots, they are far enough off now"—I did not tell the Magistrate this—I was Dot examined—I told the clerk so—he has omitted it in the deposition. GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Ten Years.