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Transportation
Edward Wilson was transported on the Lord William Bentinck, departing 28th Apr 1832 and arriving 28th Aug 1832 with 187 passengers.
Lord William Bentinck (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 332 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18310630-326-defend2263 |
| 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
1832: On arrival in VDL, Edward Wilson was listed as 20, and a labourer (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-12$init=CON18-1-12p237). 1834, 3 May: According to his VDL Conduct Record, he was accused of stealing money - 8 shillings - and a small quantity of tobacco from a fellow convict, Charles O'Neill. He was discharged as there was some doubt about O'Neill's sobriety on the night of the alleged offence. 1834, 24 December: He was accused of attempting to rob Richard Sheldrick and was sentenced to be sent to Port Arthur for the remainder of his sentence. 1838, 13 February: The final entry on his VDL Conduct Record is for being "out after hours last night" for which he was reprimanded (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-46$init=CON31-1-46p179).
OCCUPATION: Not "Not known", just not listed in the options. He was a founder (a person who worked in a foundry producing metal casings, etc). He was 18 and from Saltash when he was tried at the Old Bailey. 1831, 29 June: EDWARD WILSON and his co-accused were sent to Newgate Prison while awaiting trial. Following their convictions, they went in different directions: Mary Ann Mullins to the penitentiary (she was not transported); William Richards to the prison hulk Justitia at Woolwich; and Edward Wilson to the Leviathan prison hulk at Portsmouth. William Richards, like Edward Wilson, was transported to VDL, but Richards went per the Katherine Stewart Forbes in 1832.
1831, 30 June: EDWARD WILSON was one of three people tried as co-accused for theft at the Old Bailey. Below is a transcript of their trial: “#1513. MARY ANN MULLINS, WILLIAM RICHARDS and EDWARD WILSON were indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of June, 1 shirt, value 4s.; 1 pair of hose, value 1s.; 2 cravats, value 2s.; 3 handkerchiefs, value 4s.; 1 collar, value 9d., and 1 pocket, value 3d., the goods of John Howells . MARY HOWELLS: I am the wife of John Howells - we live at Pimlico. On Thursday, the 26th of June, I went out at six o’clock in the evening - I shut the door, but did not lock it; two females lodge in the house - I returned at half-past nine, and missed this property, before I went to bed - the prisoners are strangers to me. JOSEPH WILKINS: I am an officer. I heard of this transaction, and went to No. 12, Perkins’-rents, Westminster, on Saturday morning, the 25th, about half-past ten o’clock; the prisoners all occupy one room there, and live together - Mullins was at home; I searched a box there, and turned out a handkerchief - she said that was hers; I said, ‘Well, if it is, you shall have it;’ I gave it her, and she put it in her bosom - I went on searching the place, and then took her to the watch-house; I found a cravat, a lace collar, and a shirt in the room, and a pair of stockings and a pocket in a box; I fetched Howells, who claimed the handkerchief, which I afterwards took from her bosom; I found Wilson in St. Giles’, brought him to the watch-house, and one cravat was round his neck. ROBERT GOOSE: I am a Policeman. I apprehended Richards, and on his neck found a silk handkerchief, which the prosecutrix claimed.(Property produced and sworn to.) Wilson’s Defence: On the 25th of June I left my father’s house - I called on a young man to go to bathe; I saw the handkerchief laying on his chair - I asked him to lend me something to wipe myself with, and when I came out of the water he lent me this handkerchief; I was going to return it when the Policeman took me - as soon as the young man heard I was in custody he absconded, and the woman who lived with him. Mullins’ Defence: The room did not belong to me; I went up when the Policeman was there, and seeing him taking the young man’s things, I said, ‘Don’t take my property away;’ I did not know but it was the young man’s till I got to the watch-house - I do not live with him. Richards’ Defence: I was in Tothill-fields, and met a man, who asked me to lend him 2d. - I pulled out a sixpence to get change; he said he would sell me the cravat for 6d., as he wanted 6d. to get his breakfast. MULLINS - GUILTY. Aged 17. RICHARDS - GUILTY. Aged 17. WILSON - GUILTY. Aged 18. Transported for Seven Years.” (see https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/).