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Transportation
William Giffin was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 359 (181) |
| 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
Hulk Record – HO-9-7_1 (page 28/47.) (either Retribution or Bellerophon) Received from Chelmsford, 14 May 1817. Willm. Giffin, age 23, Capital Respite, Tried Chelmsford 10 March 1817, Life, Transp 3 July 1817.
Assize Intelligence. The above Assizes terminated on Saturday night. There were in all 115 prisoners for trial, of whom 68 were found guilt; of that number, 27 received sentence of death. The Judge, however, reprieved 23, and left Joseph Clark, Aaron Miller, William Griffin, and William Haydon, for execution. The three first were the ring- leaders of a desperate gang of housebreakers that had long infested the county, and for whom the house of Joseph Clark was the rendezvous. Haydon's crime was that of sheep-stealing at Broxted. Bury and Norwich Post, 19 March 1817.
The cases not reported above are— William, Henry, and Joshua, the sons, and Joseph Clarke, the father; Wm. Haydon, Wm. Giffin, and Aaron Miller; these seven persons, with Thos. Monk, and Elizabeth, the wife of Jos. Clark, accomplices, but who were admitted evidence on the part of the Crown, formed the Elsenham gang of house-breakers that had long infested the county: the house of Joseph Clark was the rendezvous of the gang, from which they sallied forth disguised, their faces blackened, and armed with pistols and bludgeons. Suffolk Chronicle, 22 Mar 1817.