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Voyage
Transportation
James Whitehead was transported on the Indefatigable And Minstrel, departing 9th May 1812 and arriving 19th Oct 1812 with 331 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby, England. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. The Indefatigable sailed from England on 4th June 1812 in company with the Minstrel. The Indefatigable came direct to Hobart, VDL arriving there on 19 October 1812. One prisoner died on the voyage out. Having disembarked the prisoners in Hobart, the Indefatigable arrived in Port Jackson on 6 December 1812, departing there bound for England in January 1813. The Indefatigable returned to Australia with convicts in 1815 (see separate listing).
Indefatigable And Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 71 (37) |
| 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
YORK ASSIZES. —At these Assizes, (which terminated on Saturday last,) sentence of death was of death was passed upon James Whitehead, for cutting with intent to kill; John Harper, for paying counterfeit notes; George Richardson, for stealing money; John and William Colley for horse-stealing; Thomas Burrill, and Mary Bell, for house-breaking; and James Kibblewhite, for counterfeiting a stamp but they were all reprieved before the Judge left York. Stamford Mercury, 29 March 1811.
Sentenced at Yorkshire Assizes (Leeds)March 1811, to transportation for life to South Australia or adjacent islands. For the attempted murder of Nancy Ann Ockelton of Aldbrough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on September the 4th 1810.