James Wilson

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Maureen Withey on 17th March 2026

CALENDAR OF THE PRISONERS, …. Were charged with stealing in the night of the ..., at Boughton Blean, nine fowls, the property of Leonard Apsley. Thomas Green, son of Mr. Green, of Harbledown, was watching on Friday night, in company with Wm. Sparks and others, in his father's barn, He found some fowls & four days before hid up on his father's premises, which was the reason that he watched ; he saw two men come into the lodge and overheard them planning whom they should rob that night, they sald they would go to Boughton Church (... the prosecutor’s) ; they also mentioned Mr, Berry's, at Broughton Hill, but they were afraid of the dogs. He saw the two prisoners going towards Canterbury about three o'clock on the following morning with something on their backs, He apprehended them, and took from them nine fowls, which Mr, Apsley (the prosecutor) identified before the Magistrates, William Sparks was likewise watching on the night in question with Mr, Green. and others. He saw two men come into the lodge near the barn, one of them was the prisoner, Leach, he did not overhear what they said, About three o'clock in the morning he assisted in apprehending the prisoners,  Cross examined,—He is quite sure  the two prisoners are… Spencer Hammond, constable, produced two heads and  a leg of some fowls, they were taken from the fowls, which were identified by prosecutor before the Magistrates, Mrs Elizabeth Apsley (wife of prosecutor) “the fowls which the constable shewed me were my husband’s property the head and legs now produced are the heads and legs of the same”,  Mary Heady, servant to Mr. Apsley proved the locking up of the fowls on the night of the 6th of April, Mr. Leonard Apsley (the prosceutor) saw the fowl house next morning it had been broken up,  the stock lock was forced. His house is about five miles from Mr. Green's. The prisoner Leach, in his defence, said, he had been to Sittingbourn, and he found the fowls coming up Boughton Hill, on his return to Canterbury. The prisoner Wilson also sald he had been to Sittingbourn after dark, and was returning to Canterbury in company with Leach, when they found the fowls coming up Boughton Hill, The Jury found  found both prisoners  guilty, and they were sentenced to be transported for fourteen years, Kent Herald, 24 April 1828. HO-9-7_3 (page 6/47) Hulk Records. Retribution Hulk, Sheerness. Received from St Augustines, 26 April 1828. James Wilson, age 45, Stg a pig, Tried St Augustine's, 18 April 1828, 14 years, To NSW 23 May 1828.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 6th September 2020

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 Name: James Wilson Date of Death: 1 Apr 1833 District: General Hospital Sydney - G W Berry Ship: Albion ------------------------------------ New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Name: James Wilson Age: 47. Estimated Birth Year: abt 1781 Date of conviction: 18 Apr 1828 Place of Conviction: Canterbury Vessel: Albion (2). Sydney 1828 New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Read & Write; Single; Native Place; Kent Calling; Ploughman Offence; Stealing Chickens Date of Trial: 18 April 1828 Sentence; 14 years Height; 5 ft. 7 Complexion; Ruddy Hair; Brown to gray Eyes; Grey Assigned Berry & Woolstoncraft Noted against name; Died in the General Hospital Sydney April 1833