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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Shiers was transported on the Maria, departing 26th Jul 1820 and arriving 1st Dec 1820 with 157 passengers.
Built 1836 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 460 Tons
Maria (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 349 (176) |
| 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
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23) No; 280 Name; William Shiers Height; 5 Ft 4 1/4 in Hair; Black Eyes; L. Hazel Age; 25 [1795] Trade; Farm Lab. Trial; York - 4 March 1820 & Hobart Town - 10 April 1829 - Life Ship; Maria Native Place; Thornhill / Yorkshire Remarks; Seized the Brig; Frederick at Mc. H. [Macquarie Harbour] 13 Jan 1834 The Hobart Town Courier Fri 28 Apr 1837. SUPREME COURT.-CRIMINAL SITTINGS. SUPREME COURT. - CRIMINAL SITTINGS. Before his Honour the Chief Justice and a Military jury. Wednesday 26th April, 1837. William Shiers, Charles Lyon, James Porter, and William Cheshire were indicted for piratically and feloniously carrying away on the 30th of January, 1834, the brig Frederick, Charles Taw, master, belonging to Our Sovereign Lord the King, and of the estimated value of £1200 from the highseas, to wit, Macquarie Harbour on the Coast of Van Diemen's Land. There were 3 counts in the indictment - the first charged them with Piracy, the second with breaking their trust as sworn mariners, and the third was the same as the second, excepting that it did not not state Charles Taw, the master to be a subject of Our Lord the King. The particulars of the case will fully appear from the evidence of Mr. Hoy, who built the Frederick, and who was in her at the time of her capture. DAVID Hoy examined - by the Solicitor General. Knows the prisoners ; in January 1834 saw them at Macquarie Harbour, they were prisoners of the crown, and were employed, Shiers and Cheshire as shipbuilders, - Lyon and Porter as part of the pilots crew: on the 12 of January they were all acting as seamen on board the Frederick, which was built at Macquarie Harbour, and is the property of the crown, and worth about £1200 with all her tackle: Prepared to leave Macquarie Harbour on the 11th January, when they weighed anchor about 10 a.m.; and proceeded about 25 miles down the Harbour, close to the bar, where they came to anchor the same evening. Weighed anchor again on the 13th having remained 2 nights and one day near the bar: ran back up the Harbour about 2 miles, and then came to anchor again: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4172320?searchTerm=william shiers