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Voyage
Transportation
Lewis Williams was transported on the Dunvegan Castle, departing 28th Sep 1829 and arriving 13th Mar 1830 with 180 passengers.
Dunvegan Castle (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 201 (103) |
| 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
1830 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Dunvegan Castle -1830 Indent No; 30/146 Name; Lewis Williams Age; 17 years, Protestant, Single, Reads. Native Place; Stafford Trade or calling; Silk Twister Offence; House Breaking Trial; Stafford - 6 Aug 1829 - 7 years. No Previous Convictions Height; 5 ft. 2 in Noted against name; Convicted of MURDER & ..... Sept 1837 at Sydney. Goal Report 40/850 1837 - The Australian. Tue 15 Aug 1837. Page 2. L A W. Lewis Williams was indicted for the wil-ful murder of John M'Cormick, at Gwyder River, on the 6th June last, by striking him on tho head with an axe. The evidence was merely circumstantial, but of a very strong nature. The Jury returned a verdict of ' Guilty,' and the prisoner was remanded for sentence. (This was the first conviction for murder, since the passing of the Local Ordinance respecting the time of carrying into effect the punishment of that crime.) 1837 - The Australian. Fri 25 Aug 1837. Page 2 L A W. Lewis Williams, convicted of wil-ful murder, was next put into the dock. The prisoner asserted his entire innocence of the deed. Mr. Justice Kinchela addressing the culprit said, that he had been convicted of a cruel and blood-thirsty murder, which he had endeavored to shift upon his overseer, but without effect. The prisoner had been found guilty by the laws of the land, and he (the learned Judge) felt no hesitation as to the propriety of the verdict. If how-ever the Prisoner were really innocent as he asserted he must settle that point with the Almighty, before whom he would shortly have to appear. There was nothing whatever in his case to warrant the Court in holding out to the prisoner the slightest hope that mercy in this would be extended to him. Sentence of Death, with after anatomization, was then passed