Charles Whalley

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Maureen Withey on 16th August 2025

TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED.-The tickets of leave of the following prisoners of the Crown have been cancelled for the reasons stated against their respective names : Whalley, per Marquis Huntley,... for being absent from their district ; Sydney Morning Herald, 23 Apr 1852. THE undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown have had their Tickets of Leave restored for the Districts stated opposite to their names:— Charles Whalley, Marquis Huntley, Singleton. NSW Govt Gazette, 28 May 1852. CONDITIONAL PARDONS. -Dated 24th June, 1853.  Charles Whalley, Marquis of Huntley (3) ; Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Aug 1853.

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Maureen Withey on 16th August 2025

He stole a gelding (male horse) not a gold ring. Lancaster Assizes. Charles Whalley, aged 11, was indicted for stealing, at Manchester, a gelding, the property of Joseph Goodwin. Mr. Alexander slated the case  to the Jury, and called Joseph Goodwin.— l am a horse-dealer, and Robt. Sutcliffe is partner with me. I know James Jones, and was at his house on the 4th of Oct. last, and look his horse to Macclesfield fair. At Iwo o'clock he took him from Enoch Barne's, and left the horse standing in the fair, amongst other horses. Did not see the horse afterwards, until the 5th, at a public-house at Manchester. One of Mr. Lavender's men went with me to the stables. The horse I saw there was my horse : — it was the joint property of me and Robert Sutcliffe. John Lister.— I am a farmer, and know the prisoner at the bar. On the 4th Oct. last, I saw  I saw him upon a horse, at Shndehill, Manchester, going easily along; the horse had on a saddle, bridle, and a halter I went to him, and asked if he had the horse to sell? He said, Yes. Sir. I asked him the price? He said £5. I, considering its value to be £14, supposed directly it was stolen, and said, Who sent you with the horse ? He said, three men. I said, Where did they tell you to put up? He said, At the end of the town. I asked, What house ? He pointed with his finger to the George Inn, George's Row. I asked him, if ever he was in Manchester before? He answered no, I then asked him, how he knew the George Inn?  He said, he had been riding backwards and forwards, waiting for tbe three men who sent him.  I said, You know the horse was stolen. He said again, Three men sent me, but the horse was stolen out of a field at Stockport early that morning. I asked his name ; he said, Charles Whallev.  I asked him, where he came from? He said, from Macclesfield : he afterwards re-called it, and said, from Congleton.  I took him to a public-house opposite, and ordered the horse to be put up, and sent for Cook, the constable, and gave it into his charge and the prisoner also. John Cook.— l am a constable— I received the horse from last witness on the 4th Oct. and gave it to Mr. Lavender. I searched the prisoner, but found nothing on him, except a small bobbin. Mr. Lavender. — I received the horse from Cook, and restored it to J. Greenwood, but kept the saddle. Joseph Greenwood re-called. — Identified the horse, and in answer to a question from the Judge, said the horse was not left under any person's care:— it might bave have strayed away. James Jones proved tbe identity of the horse. The prisoner, in bis defence, said, three men asked him to take the horse to the Mosley's Arms, at Manchester. I asked them, what I was to pay the tolls with ? They said, I was to tell them my master was coming in the morning, and would pay. I was to put the horse up, and get something to eat and stop till morning The Judge summed up to the Jury, who shortly after returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy, on account of his youth, and it being his first offence. The Judge said, it should have his attention. Lancashire Gazette, 18 Mar 1826. -------------------------------------------------------------- The National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 Hulks at Chatham. Euryalus Received: Three from Lancaster, 3 June 1826. Charles Whalley, age 11, Stg a gelding. Tried Lancaster, 7 Mar 1826, Life. How disposed of: NSW per Marquis of Huntley, 29 Dec 1830.

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Naomi Parsons on 22nd February 2023

Charles was aged 11 at the time of his conviction at the March 1826 Lancaster Assizes. He had stolen a gold ring, property of Joseph Goodwin at Manchester. His death sentence was reprieved to life trasportation. He was born at Macclesfield but moved to Congleton. He was just 4ft 5 1/2 inches tall, light hazel eyes, sandy hair and fresh complexion, a small brown mole on the front of his neck. He was held at Lancaster Castle and put on the Euraylus hulk at Chatham June 3rd 1826. Additional info on Euryalus (Digital Panopticon) "Around 1825, the Euryalus at Chatham became a hulk solely for young boys. Here the regime was especially severe. Boys (aged no more than 14) were kept below deck for 23 hours a day and forced to do manual labour. They lived in constant fear of physical abuse from the guards and a culture of gang violence was embedded. From 1838, juvenile offenders were increasingly committed instead to the specially constructed juvenile prison, Parkhurst, and in 1843 the Euryalus ceased to be used for young offenders."