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Crime
Transportation
Henry West was transported on the Eliza, departing 25th Jun 1828 and arriving 18th Nov 1828 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 424 |
| 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
Old Bailey: HENRY WEST. Theft: simple larceny. 13th September 1827 Verdict Guilty Sentence Transportation HENRY WEST was indicted for stealing, on the 22d of August, 3 shirts, value 15s., the goods of Ephraim Birch. EPHRAIM BIRCH. I am horse-keeper to Mr. Fagg, of Hounslow-heath; I missed my shirts from a little enclosure in the front of my house, on the 22d of August. ANN HINES. I washed these shirts, and hung them out on a line opposite the house, about ten minutes before ten o'clock in the morning of the 22d of August; I missed them a little after twelve - I know nothing of the prisoner. RICHARD PAINTER. I am a headborough of Stanwell. In consequence of information, I pursued the prisoner, on the 22d of August, between three and four o'clock, and found him lying on the road, about three or four miles from Bedfout; when he got up I found these shirts under him; he begged I would let him go, but did not say how he became possessed of them.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I bought these shirts of a stranger, about one week before I was taken. GUILTY. Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years. Henry West alias Samuel West was 16 years old on arrival. Henry was 5'2" tall, dark sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, arms full of small moles, brown scar on right foot scalded. Assigned to W. Wells, Parramatta. 6/10/1834: COF