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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Warren was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 3rd Mar 1835 and arriving 15th Jul 1835 with 221 passengers.
The Westmoreland was a 405-ton sailing ship built in 1832 at Lynn, Norfolk, England. Four (4) sailings listed for her to transport convicts (and some free settlers and soldiers) to Australia - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). (Voyage in 1838 from Ireland to NSW is currently being compiled, incomplete list of persons to date.)
Westmoreland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 3 (3) |
| 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
Devon Assizes. Wm. Warren, 27, and Mary Satchell, otherwise Trevanion, 27; were indicted for a highway robbery, in having, in company with others, on the 17th of June last, near Plym-Bridge, on the public highway leadng from Colebrook. to Plymouth, knocked down Theobald Chipman, and taken from his person a purse containing 54 sovereigns in gold, and one other purse, containing some silver. The prosecutor in this case is a miner, and had gone to a revel at the village of Colebrook. Exeter Flying Post, 31 July 1834. National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/84/81 1834 Aug 28 Prisoner name: William Warren. Prisoner age: Variously 25 or 27 years. Court and date of trial: Devon Summer Assizes, [Exeter], July 1834. Crime: Highway robbery of a carrier and taking from him 5½ sovereigns in [July 1834]. Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's report: 'Character not known'. Annotated (Outcome): 'Regret very much that there appears to be no grounds which would warrant the secretary of state in interfering with the sentence'. Petitioner(s): Susan Warren (widowed mother) of 17 York Street, Plymouth, Devon. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous exemplary character; his aged mother whom he supports; inveigled into the crime in which he took only a passive part; no premeditation; his contrition. Other papers: Note from G Grey addressed to 'Dear Stanley' asking that an enquiry be made into the case. Additional Information: Held in Exeter Gaol; ordered to Justitia [convict hulk]; apprehended with a woman named Trevennon.