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Transportation
John White was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 240. Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8). |
| 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
ANOTHER CONVICTION: 23 July 1872: Police Court Fremantle -- John White, charged with breaking and entering the house of James Freeman on the night of the 18th inst., and stealing some dripping. Committed for trial (The Express, 29 July, p3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/256611392). --0-- From his Fremantle jail record: WHITE, John; #10077; Colonial offender Alias: BARRY, BRICKLAY Other No: 4651 Date of Birth: 1818 Date of Death: 21 Oct 1889 Place of Death: Fremantle, pauper Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Tailor Sentence Place: Perth, Western Australia, Australia Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: 5 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 8 Sep 1876 Certificate of Freedom Date: 6 Oct 1877 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: WHITE, John 4651 1 Jan 1858 Nile Alias: BARRY, BRICKLEY, BUCKLEY Date of Birth: 1818 Date of Death: 21 Oct 1889 Place of Death: Fremantle, pauper Marital Status: Widower 1 child Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Monmouth, Wales Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: 20 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 4 May 1861 Conditional Pardon Date: 14 Feb 1872 Comments: Reconvicted in Western Australia (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
6 May, 1857: He was received at Chatham, a public works prison for male convicts, east of London at St Mary’s Island, in Kent (https://www.prisonhistory.org). On the record of “male transports” from Chatham per Nile to WA he was listed as #961, 36 and a widower with one child; all other details match those on his Millbank record (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --00--
9 September, 1856: John White, alias John Barry and John Brickley, was admitted to Millbank prison at Westminster in London, and listed as prisoner #3542. By the 1850s, Millbank and Pentonville were places for all male convicts to serve “their probationary term [of 9 months], after which they would be transported or sent to a public works prison” (https://www.prisonhistory.org). He served 7 months 25 days in separate confinement. He was 36, a labourer, widower with one child, Roman Catholic and able to read and write imperfectly. Next of kin -- "son John Brickley 'supposed to be somewhere in Whitechapel, London'". A notation on this record reads: "thoroughly bad, full of deceit and mischief" and notes his previous conviction for burglary, in 1855, as John Barry, for which he received a sentence of 1 month (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners to 1885). --0--
JAILS: 1856: He was held at Usk Gaol, situated close to the centre of the town, and built in 1842–44 to a Victorian "rotunda" design, similar to that of Pentonville in London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usk). There he served 5 months 13 days in separate confinement. --0--
TRIAL: 30 July, 1856: John White was convicted at Monmouth Assizes in Wales, and sentenced to 20 years for burglary and a previous conviction (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). --0--