James Whiteman

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Maureen Withey on 19th April 2026

Hulk Records. HO-9-4-4. Page 21 Justitia Hulk Received 8 May 1826. William Jones, age 28, Burglary. Tried at Lincoln City Assizes, 4 March 1826, Life, Transported 26 July 1826. James Whiteman, age 20, Burglary. Tried at Lincoln City Assizes, 4 March 1826, Life, Transported 26 July 1826. BURGLARY AT LINCOLN. William Jones, aged 28, James Whiteman, aged 20, and Benjamin Simpson, aged 23, were indicted at the City Sessions House, for burglariously breaking into the shop of’ Messrs. Ashton, drapers, of Lincoln, about two in the morning of the 13th of February last, and stealing a large quantity of goods: and Mary Jones, aged 23, was indicted for feloniously receiving the same.—At six o'clock on Monday morning the 13th, Mr. Ashton's servant girl, whilst getting up, saw three men moving about in the lane at the corner of which her master's house stands ; she heard one of them call to a man who had a large bundle in his arms, “Damn you, Jem, we must have them off— Jem, Jem, where are you? there's somebody coming ; but it was so dark she could not swear to their persons. On coming down stairs it was discovered that the shop had been broken into, and a large quantity of the goods stolen. Between 7 and 8 the same morning three men were seen going down Dovecoat Lane towards a close of Mr. Fisher's, and the goods were shortly afterwards discovered there, concealed in the staddle of a haystack ; about eight o’clock the same morning, Whiteman and Jones, accompanied by Mary Jones, were seen by a person placed near the spot to watch; the two men packed up part of the goods, and lifted them over the gate of the close to Mary Jones: the person ran from his concealment, and the woman was taken into custody with the bundle lying at her feet: the two men made off, and after a chase of a mile, Jones was secured, but Whiteman effected his escape : he was found in gaol at Newark a few days afterwards. Simpson was seen passing by the gate of a wood yard, within 130 yards of the stack, at the time the other prisoners were at the stack yard; he was also proved to be lodging with them ; and was apprehended the same morning in liffer-lane. —After a trial of nearly nine hours’ continuance, the jury acquitted Mary Jones and Benjamin Simpson; and found William Jones and James Whiteman guilty.— Judgment of death was recorded against them. Drakard’s Stamford News, 17 March 1826.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 5th September 2020

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name: Jas Whiteman. Date of conviction: 4 Mar 1826 - Lincoln Vessel: Speke (3). Sydney Cove. 26 Nov 1826 No; 173 Age; 26 Est birth Year; 1802/3 Read & Write; Single; Religion; Protestant. Native Place; Nottinghamshire Calling; Steel ring? Offence; Burgulary Date of Trial: 4 March 1826 Sentence; Life Height; 5 ft 8 inches Complexion; Fresh Fair Hair; Light Brown Eyes; Hazel Noted against name; Died at Liverpool Hospital 13 March 1836 Date of Certificate; --------------------------------------- Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 Liverpool St Luke. 27 February 1826 - 23 September 1838 Name; James Whiteman Abode; Liverpool Hospital When Buried; 15 March 1836 Age; 28 (Age as per register?) Ships Name; Speke Quality or Profession; Prisoner of the crown By whom the Ceremony was preformed; Robert Cartwright