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Robert Watson was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1264 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 121 (62) |
| 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 ROBERT WATSON. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 8th December 1790 Text type Trial account Defendants ROBERT WATSON Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 8th December 1790 Reference Number t17901208-24 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 24. ROBERT WATSON was indicted for stealing, on the 5th day of November last, a silver tea-spoon, value 15 d. the property of James Raw . JAMES RAW sworn. I live at No. 19, Ogle-court. Queen Ann-street, East ; I lost a silver tea-spoon on Friday, the 5th of November last, from off my table, in the front parlour; I was not at home, my wife was out, my child was standing by the table; it was found in about an hour in the hands of a Jew named Hart Solomon; the spoon was marked M. P. ANN RAW , Did you ever take an oath? - No, Sir. Have you been taught your catechism? - Yes. Have you never been told what will become of you, if you are a naughty girl and tell stories? - Go to hell, Sir. ANN RAW sworn. Robert Watson came into our house on Friday morning the 5th of November; he was a stranger to me, I never saw him before, he is the man, he came into the front parlour about nine in the morning, I was in the room, nobody else, my grandmother was in the back parlour; I asked him who he wanted; he said, is the landlady at home? I said no; and my grandmother in the back parlour called out, who is that? and he stepped into the back parlour; he said, is the landlady at home, I have a nice leg of pork for her; my grandmother said no; she is not; he had nothing in his hand, he came out and went to the door, and came in again, and went into the back parlour again, and asked when she would come in; and he comes into the front parlour to me, and said, go and tell your mammy that Mr. Jones wants you; I said I cannot leave the parlour, nor I shall not for you; then he pushed me from the table and said, tell your mammy I will call in half an hour; I saw no more of him, till he was taken, about ten the same morning. Did you observe him take any thing? - No, I did not see him take it, but it was on the saucer when he came into the room; my mother came in and missed it; I did not. FRANCES HAMMOND sworn. Deposed to the same effect, as to hearing the prisoner coming into the back parlour, and was sure the prisoner was the man. HART SOLOMON sworn. I am a Jew; on Friday morning, I do not remember the day of the month, it was this day five weeks (5th of November) the prisoner called clothes, and he went into a house for a minute or two, and he came out again, and said come this way; I went to him, and he asked me to do him a favour; I said I would if I could; he asked me to go to No. 38, Portland-place, that he was going for a soldier, and was to have five guineas; I shewed him the way, and going along he pulled out a tea-spoon, and asked me two shillings; I felt the weight of it, and offered him one shilling and three pence for it; I bought it of him, and gave it to Mr. Raw the prosecutor; he found me with the prisoner at No. 38, he bid me wait for him, to sell me some more old clothes. Prisoner. What house did I go into? - I do not know, I went in no house with him but a public-house before we got to Portland-place. Prosecutor. I found the prisoner and this witness in Portland-place; I took the child with me, and when she saw the Jew standing at the door, she said, daddy, that is one of the men: the prisoner was in the gentleman's house at that time; the child pointed to the Jew, who stood at the door; as soon as the prisoner came out I seized him at the door; the child said that was the man, she knew them both. Court to the little girl. You said nothing about the Jew man? - No, Sir, the Jew stood over the way, right opposite our house, at No. 4, during the time the other man came in; they both went together, I am sure of the Jew man. JOHN WILLIS sworn. I am a carpenter; on the 6th of November I was at work in Portland-place, and I heard the little girl give a description of the prisoner and the Jew opposite, and I went there and saw two men answering the description, and I came and told Mr. Raw, I went back with Mr. Raw and the child; as soon as we took them, the Jew confessed he had the spoon in his breeches, I heard him say so; he wanted to pull it out, and opened the button, and I said, if you have it you may keep it till we get to the office. Raw. He delivered it me, I have it now; (Produced, marked M. P. and deposed to.) my wife bought it at a pawnbroker's; I had no more so marked. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I went into this shop to buy a leg of pork, and asked the little girl if her master or mistress was at home; she said no; I went out again, and came in again, and asked her if she could serve me; I saw the Jew over the way, and said to him, I will humbly thank you to shew me where General Harcourt lives; he said, if you will give me a glass, I will shew you; we went to the public-house, and he was a penny and I was a penny, but I never saw the spoon or the sight of one. Jury to the little girl. Had any other person been in the front parlour before the prisoner? - Not any body. GUILTY . Transported for seven years .