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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Auguste Wilhelm was transported on the Lincelles, departing 30th Sep 1861 and arriving 28th Jan 1862 with 307 passengers.
Lincelles (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 369 (186) |
| 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
Auguste Wilhelm was born in Germany on 5th April 1829 and was apprenticed to an apothecary. But he did not serve out his apprenticeship and moved to Hamburg. Not thriving there, he made his way to England about 1850, and supported himself for a while by giving German lessons. He settled in Leeds, and after a year or so decided to turn “quack”- a profession for which his apothecary knowledge qualified him. He left Leeds and opened in Halifax as a surgeon. He had only been in practice for a few months when he was arrested on a charge of endeavouring to procure abortion and committed to York gaol. At the Assizes in July 1853 and found guilty, but being a foreigner and therefore not comprehending the office, the jury recommended mercy and he was released. He returned to his surgery, and married an English girl of respectable parents(Mary Whiteley on 30th September 1853). He then opened a chemist's shop in connextion with his surgery. His business did not thrive and in 1856 he removed to Manchester. Here he met a fellow German (Carl Stadtmuller) who had a medical degree and Carl joined Auguste as an assistant. At the Liverpool Assizes in December 1858 Carl Stadtmuller and Auguste Wilhelm were indicted for the wilful murder of Margaret Bilborough at Manchester on 26th September 1858 by using instruments with a view to procure abortion. The prosecutor for the Crown did not offer any evidence against Carl Stadtmuller on the grounds that he would provide evidence for the Crown. Wilhelm was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, the jury knowing nothing of his earlier similar offence recommended him to mercy. Following an application to the Home Secretary, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He then spent a few years in various prisons before transportation to Western Australia. He had two sons with Mary. Caesar, the elder son, went on to become a wire drawer (the profession of his grandfather William Whiteley). The second son Alfred (born after his imprisonment in 1860) only survived a year. Apparently Auguste died on Christmas Day 1864 when he fell from a horse.