| Name: | James Williams |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1804 |
| Occupation: | Servant |
| Date of Death: | - |
| Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
| Crime: | Larceny from a person |
| Convicted at: | Somerset Assizes |
| Sentence term: | Life |
| Ship: | Sir Charles Forbes |
| Departure date: | 1st April, 1830 |
| Arrival date: | 27th July, 1830 |
| Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 159 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 148 |
| 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 Project. |
Maureen Withey on 1st April, 2021 wrote:
National Archives. Criminal Petitions.
HO 17/2/1841829
Prisoner name: James Williams.
Prisoner age: 24.
Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes held at Taunton March 1829.
Crime: Robbery - stealing from the person of James Barry a box value 6d.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Convict and 23 people including the prosecutor and a note from his mother.
Grounds for clemency: Is sincerely penitent and realises enormity of crime; promises to make amends and reform his character.
Ann Marie Gould on 28th March, 2020 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1804 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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