| Name: | John Weston |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1790 |
| Occupation: | - |
| Date of Death: | 1818 |
| Age: | 28 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Stealing clothes |
| Convicted at: | Middlesex Gaol Delivery |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Baring |
| Departure date: | April, 1815 |
| Arrival date: | 7th September, 1815 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 300 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 203 (103) |
| 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 Project. |
Maureen Withey on 21st November, 2019 wrote:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 21 November 2019), September 1814, trial of JOHN WESTON (t18140914-130).
JOHN WESTON, Theft - grand larceny, 14th September 1814.
823. JOHN WESTON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 22nd of July , ten shirts, value 15 s. and a shawl, value 18 d. the property of John Borton .
ELIZABETH BORTON. I get my bread by the wash-tub. I lost my things on the 22nd of July; I live in a kitchen, 12, Brook-street, Fitzroy-square . I lost ten shirts; I was out about ten minutes, about half past eight in the morning, I went out my work; I left my husband’s breakfast at the are, and a loaf and butter in the cupboard for him to get his breakfast. I came back at half after nine; I asked my husband if he had breakfasted; he said, no. There was nothing for him to eat; I looked in the cupboard; the loaf and butter was gone. I missed my shirts; a child said, a man had been in my room; he said, he came with something to be washed. Mr. Crocker has got my things.
EDWARD CROCKER . I am an officer. From information, I pursued the prisoner; I found him in the New-road, with a bundle at his back; I took him back to Mrs. Borton; she claimed the property in the bundle. I secured him. This shirt I took off the prisoner; he had put on a clean shirt out of the the bundle, and put this dirty one in it.
Prosecutor. They are all my property.
Prisoner’s Defence. I was coming down the New-road, this bundle laid before me; I went into the field, and put this clean shirt on.
GUILTY , aged 20.
Transported for Seven Years .
First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.
John Weston was on a List of 40 male convicts embarked on the Brig Kangaroo for the Derwent. 13th April 1816.
No.8, John Weston, Baring, Middx G.D., 14 Sep 1814, 7 yrs. Lab.
Penny-Lyn Beale on 25th May, 2021 wrote:
Burials in the Paris of St David’s Hobart -
No; 285
Name; John Weston
When Died; 1 July 1818
When Buried; 2 July 1818
Age; 28
Ship’s Name; Baring
Remarks; Convict
Penny-Lyn Beale on 2nd July, 2021 wrote:
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23)
No; 25
Name; John Weston
Ship; Emu - 1816. To Colony - Baring
Height; 5 Ft 4 1/2 in
Hair; Brown
Eyes; Blue
Age; 22
Trade; Labourer
Trial; London - 1815 - 7 years
Native Place; London
Remarks; DIED; 1 July 1818
Maureen Withey on 21st November, 2019 made the following changes:
gender: m, crime
Penny-Lyn Beale on 25th May, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1790 (prev. 0000)
Penny-Lyn Beale on 2nd July, 2021 made the following changes:
date of death: 1818 (prev. 0000)
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