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Samuel Ward was transported on the John, departing 22nd May 1829 and arriving 13th Sep 1829 with 188 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 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 77 (41) |
| 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 SAMUEL WARD. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 21st February 1828. Text type Trial account Defendants SAMUEL WARD Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 21st February 1828 Reference Number t18280221-263 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 741. SAMUEL WARD was indicted for stealing, on the 3d of November , 1 bushel of mixed corn, called horse-corn, value 2s. 6d. , the goods of Deborah Dixon , widow . MR. COOPER conducted the prosecution. THOMAS GREENFIELD . I am coachman to Mrs. Deborah Dixon, widow; I drove the Henley coach for her from there to London. On the 3d of November, I stopped with the coach at some private stables at Hounslow , which she rents of Stuckbury; before I changed horses I saw the prisoner at the back of the stable; I got off my coach, and went round to the back stable - I had seen the prisoner there before, and desired him not to remain there - it is a private yard: we have two rest-horses and a corn-bin in the back stable; I saw the prisoner go to the bin, and fill a bag, which he hid under the dunghill - he did not see me; I went up, and said, "Mr. Ward, what have you got there?" he said, "D - n it, here is a great rat;" he took up a brick, and ran round the stable; I went after him, but he crossed the field, and ran away; I went to the dung-heap, and found this corn in the bag - it is called horse-corn; all the corn there belongs to Mrs. Dixon - here is nearly a bushel of it. Prisoner's Defence. I was never in the stable; I found it under the granary, and threw it on the ground. GUILTY . Aged 25. Transported for Seven Years .