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Crime
Transportation
Robert Wilson was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 237 (120). https://fremantleprison.com.au |
| 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
TRIAL: 22 March, 1856 -- convicted of larceny. From the Berkshire Chronicle, 5 April, p5: "Liverpool, Monday. At the Liverpool assizes this morning, before Mr. Baron Martin, Robert Wilson, cashier to Messrs. Brocklebank, merchants and shipowners, of this town, pleaded guilty to the minor indictment of larceny..." --0--
NEWSPAPER report of his committal: From the "News of the World", February 24, 1856, p1: EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT AT LIVERPOOL On Wednesday, Robert Wilson, for 24 years cash-keeper to the firm of Messrs. Brocklebank, merchants and shipowners, of Rumford-street, was brought before the Liverpool magistrates on the charge of having embezzled a large sum of money from his employers. The amount has been variously stated at £4,000 and £6,000, but the exact amount has not yet been ascertained. Inspector Murphy said that Inspector Keogh and himself had found the prisoner at No. 23, Plant-street, off Brunswick-road. He was apprehended, and informed of the charge against him. The prisoner said, “Yes, it is true.” On searching him, were found one £500 note, six £100 notes, four £50 notes, one £20 note, twenty-seven £10 notes, forty-one £5 notes, £209 in gold, £8 16s 10d in silver, four rupees, ten dollars, several bills of exchange, and a document relating to some hemp, which the prisoner had purchased of Messrs. Green and Taylor for £905 17s 2d, which he acknowledged was paid for out of the monies of Messrs. Brocklebank. The total value of the property found on him being £2,307 2s 10d. The prisoner was remanded. --0--
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: WILSON, Robert; prisoner #4667, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1802 Marital Status: Married 8 children Occupation: Clerk Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Crime: Larceny Sentence Period: 14 years Ticket of Leave Date: 27 May 1859 Conditional Pardon Date: 16 Dec 1861 Comments: Self-employed as painter (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
Reference:- The Wapentake of Wirral by Ronald Stewart-Brown, 1907. Chapter XI is about Robert Wilson’s embezzlement of T & J Brocklebank, merchant shipwoners of Liverpool. Chapters X & XII worth noting for additional information In regards to the legality of the period. Robert Wilson’s daughters Robina and Ann Wilson established a primary school in Heyington Ave Doncaster, now just off Wilson Rd. (Now called Birralee Orimary School.). Anne Kinnish and Robina are both buried in Kew Cemetary.
Was married to Annie Kinnish (1804 - 1875) in england in 1824 and had 10 Children. He was convicted in March 1856 in Lancashire, being given a sentence of 14 years Transportation to Western Australia. He was 54 when sentenced. The Nile arrived in Fremantle on January 1, 1858. He died in 1871. His wife emigrated to Victoria with several of his children arriving im Melbourne in Oct 1857. They were never reunited.