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Transportation
John Wilson was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 257 (130) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 13 Sept 1815. 785. JOHN WILSON and WILLIAM BLACKSTONE were indicted for feloniously forging and counterfeiting one note purporting to be a note of the Governour and Company of the Bank of England, for the payment of 1 l . To which indictment, they severally pleaded NOT GUILTY. 786. JOHN WILSON and WILLIAM BLACKSTONE were again indicted, for feloniously having disposed of, and putting away, as true, one false and counterfeit note, purporting to be a note of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for the payment of 1 l. they well knowing the same to be false and counterfeit; and also for having in their possession at the same time, two other similar false and counterfeit notes . To this indictment the prisoners severally pleaded GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years.