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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Manning Wilson was transported on the Edwin Fox, departing 24th Aug 1858 and arriving 20th Nov 1858 with 284 passengers.
892 ton ship, built in Calcutta, India in 1853. Transported convicts, pensioner guard, soldiers and their families - from Plymouth, England to Western Australia - 1858. (Had been to Australia previously, in 1856, as a passenger ship.) (Later went on to service in the Crimean War.) Converted to be a passenger ship and carried immigrants to New Zealand. In 1880 converted, again, as a cool storage facility in Picton, New Zealand. Ship was in use until 1950 when abandoned. In 1965 she was bought by the 'Edwin Fox Society' and towed to Shakespeare Bay for restoration and then towed to Picton Harbour, New Zealand for display and is on the National Trust Registry, NZ. She is the second oldest surviving merchant ship.
Edwin FoxReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 301 (152) |
| 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
In June 1857 at the High Court of Justiciary, Joseph Manning Wilson was charged with - five cases of forgery on Bills of Exchange amounting to 'hundreds of pounds, and uttering them discounted at the National Bank at Leith'. The crimes came to noticed when a clerk colleague made a complaint at Leith Police Station. The accused was also charged with 'outlawry' having failed to appear on 15 May 1856 at the High Court for trial. Witness Leith Superintendent Grant advised the Court that he 'had followed the prisoner to Liverpool, then London, but found that he had travelled to Sydney'. After corresponding with a friend in Sydney (possibly Police) he was tipped off about his return to London. The accused was eventually apprehended in Folkstone. The accused described as 'a little middle aged man' received transportation for life - see Scotsman newspaper 10 June 1857 p 4 on 'High Court of Justiciary'. See also McGowan, John (2023) Policing the Metropolis of Scotland, 1833-1861 (Edinburgh City Archives) Volume 1, p 1440.