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Transportation
George Webb was transported on the Layton, departing 9th Jul 1839 and arriving 7th Dec 1839 with 260 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 58 |
| 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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Committed, to Fisherton Gaol:—George Webb, charged with having committed abominable offence at Westbury; Salisbury Journal, 28 Jan 1839. Wilts Lent Assizes. George Webb, 18 years of age, who could neither read nor write, was charged on the oath of Wm. Blatchment and others, with having committed an unnatural offence at Westbury, in the broad light of day, on the 22nd of January last. The prisoner was convicted on the clearest testimony: he said, in his defence, that Marchment had same spite against him, in consequence of his having told the gamekeeper of his having shot some birds. Marchment said he knew nothing of the circumstance—it was entirely false. The Jury returned verdict of Guilty. The Judge passed sentence of death on him, but intimated that his life would be spared, and that he would be transported for life to one of the penal colonies. Wiltshire independent. 14 March 1839. Salisbury Assizes. Sentences of the prisoners, continued from the preceding page :— Death.—George Webb, a capital offence at Westbury (reprieved). Salisbury Journal, 11 March 1839. The following convicts have been removed from Fisherton Gaol during the week, and put on board the York Hulk, at Gosport: George Webb, Isaac Batchelor, John Whitbread, Isaac Boulter, Henry Maslen, and Elijah Cross. Devizes Gazette, 9 May 1839.
Tasmanian Description Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-14/CON18-1-14P70 George Webb, Farm laborer, aged 19, Westbury (native place) See record for full details.
Recommended for pardon on 17/9/1850, Received conditional pardon on 2/9/1851.