Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Lewis was transported on the Grenada, departing 3rd May 1821 and arriving 16th Sep 1821 with 152 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/8. Old Bailey. State Archives NSW (butts of TOL, Series NRS 12202, Item 4/4066)&(Coroner Inquest: Series 2921; Item 4/6613; Roll: 343). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 28 |
| 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
Old Bailey: THIRD DAY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 241. GEORGE WRIGHT , ROBERT COHEN , WILLIAM LEWIS , MARIA BROWN , THOMAS LEWIS , WILLIAM BELL , PETER BUTCHARD , SAMUEL EVANS , CHARLES JAMES , WILLIAM ROBERTS , JOHN COOPER MURPHY , and THOMAS LLOYD were severally and separately indicted for feloniously having in their possession forged Bank notes, they knowing them to be forged . The prisoners pleaded GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years . Before Mr. Recorder. 242. The same prisoners were again indicted for uttering and publishing as true, forged Bank of England notes, with intent to defraud . MR. REYNOLDS, on the part of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, declined offering any evidence. NOT GUILTY . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18210110-30-defend302&div=t18210110-30#highlight Prison Hulk ship Leviathan, received 23 Jan. 1821 from Newgate, Offence Felony, aged 18 Ticket of Leave No. 27/949 dated 29th Dec. 1827 in the district of Sydney, Trade Baker, Tried 10th Jan. 1821 in London, Year of Birth 1803 Death Index No. 3039, Year 1856 at Patrick's Plain, NSW, parents John & Elizabeth Inquest dated 2 Dec. 1856 at Richmond River