Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Richard White was transported on the Henry Tanner, departing 27th Jun 1834 and arriving 26th Oct 1834 with 220 passengers.
Henry Tanner (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 377 (190) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/41/79. Date. 1832 Aug; 1843 Apr.. Prisoner name: Richard White. Prisoner age: 13. Court and date of trial: Hertford Summer Assizes [Hertfordshire] 1832. Crime: Stealing victuals, a knife and a dozen brass buttons from dwelling house of Jane Bennett in Sawbridgeworth [Hertfordshire]. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Annotated: Nil. Conditional pardon 2 May 1842. Petitioner(s): Thomas Hutchinson, vicar of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire; Mrs Jane Bennett, the prosecutrix. Grounds for clemency: Although prisoner is a 'bad boy' the sentence seems disproportionate to the crime; youth of prisoner who stole for hunger as father had turned him out; good conduct as a convict. Other papers: Letter from Downing Street, reporting conditional pardon granted by Governor of New South Wales, 18 April 1843. Additional Information: Prisoner transported to New South Wales in 1840. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Richard White, per Henry Tanner 1834, Conditional Pardon, 25 Oct 1842. No 42/331. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney 26tk October 1842. PARDON. HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, that in pursuance of the authority contained in a Despatch from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, No. 102, of 10th May, 1842, a Conditional Pardon, has. Been granted to Richard White, by the ship Henry Tanner. By His Excellency's Command, E. DEAS THOMSON. NSW Govt. Gazette, 28 Oct 1842.