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John Welsh was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 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 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 128 |
| 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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Tried at the Old Bailey, 5 July 1832. 1592. JOHN WELCH was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of June , 1 pair of shoes, value 1s. 6d., the goods of James Read ; and that he had been before convicted of felony . SAMUEL HAYWOOD (Police-constable S 144). I was at Somers'-town on the 5th of June, and saw the prisoner put his right hand within his waistcoat - I went and asked what he had got; he said a pair of shoes he brought from home - I said, "Are you sure of that?" he said, Yes; I said, "You must go and prove it" - I took him to the station, and went to his mother's and asked if she had lost a pair of shoes; she said Yes - I asked her to describe them, and she described another pair; I afterwards found the prosecutor. JAMES READ . I keep a shoemaker's-shop in York-buildings, Somers'-town . This pair of shoes is mine; I made them myself, and am certain of them. ROBERT WOOLLEY (Police-constable S 6). I have a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office - I took him, and know he is the person. GUILTY . Aged 13. - Transported for Seven Years . ------------------------------------------------------------------ National Archives. HO-9-2_4. Page 24/48. Euryalus Hulk, at Chatham. Seventeen from Newgate, 23 July 1832. John Walsh, age 13, Stg a pr of shoes, Tried Middlesex, 5 July 1832, 7 years. NSW per Lord Lyndock, 24 May 1833.